He American Gothic elements in "Young Goodman Brown" include

here are some of the elements of the American Gothic found in Young Goodman Brown written by Nathaniel Hawthorne:

1. mysterious and dark surroundings - the protagonist goes into a forest at night

2. supernatural forces - the protagonists speaks with the devil

3. creepy revelations - the protagonist finds out that he is not the first one to meet the devil in the forest

4. dark and mysterious feelings and thoughts

Explanation:

c. barbarians with unexpected intelligence  

the reason that neiterkob's daughter most likely tell the beginnings of the maasai is : to explain the readers the origin of maasai culture

with this explanation, the reader will grasp a better concept about it and not lost in the middle of reading.

                                            (hope this )