Mythological Approach.

A mythological critic examines a work for repeating patterns that show the
reasoning for various aspects of human life. In other words, upon analyzing a piece of
literature, one will discover the "why's" of the human race. This could be anything from
birth and death to defeating death itself.
A story that contains these aspects would be "Young Goodman Brown" by
Nathaniel Hawthorne. In this story, Goodman Brown has to take a spiritual journey on a
walk through the forest. He encounters the Devil and he tempts Brown with all sorts of
ways to 'leave the path.' The exact opposite…