These are all good questions, but I suspect that you'll
need to put the questions in separate posts if you want them all answered. I can help
you out with the first item: what is the tone of the tale's several references to the
native Americans?
The tone is certainly not flattering. The
Native Americans are depicted as being all that the village of Salem is not (at least
not on the surface, that is): the Native Americans are connected to the wilderness and
are said in the story to be in strong communion with the
devil.
This portrayal of Native Americans in "Young Goodman
Brown" is very much in keeping with Puritan views of the indigenous peoples of the New
World (which matches the setting of the story) but not at all in keeping with the
movement of Romanticism (which matches the publication date of the
story).
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