Complex sentence: Art critic Greil Marcus compares Goodman to Young Goodman Brown in Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale of the same name--both are pure-souled characters disillusioned by the depravity they confront in the world.
Split into simpler sentences: Art critic Greil Marcus compares Goodman to Young Goodman Brown in Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale of the same name. Both are pure-souled characters disillusioned by the depravity they confront in the world.