In the short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown, one thing to learn from is that there is a little of evil and dark in every aspect of life no matter what background of life you come from. The story is set in Salem Village, saying goodbye to his wife, faith, who is wearing her new pink ribbons which means innocence, sweetness, and her virtue. Goodman Brown leaves his wife Faith and his actual faith in religion and God to go on a journey into the forest to meet with the devil (questioning puritan way of life).
As his journey begins in the forest, Goodman Brown meets an old man, who has an eerie resemblance to Brown. The old man transpired to be a good friend of his father and grandfather. The old man implies that he is the devil …show more content…
At this point in the story, Goodman Brown questions his father’s and grandfather’s puritan way of life. He states my father never went into the woods on such an errand, nor his father before him. We have been a race of honest men and good Christians, since the days of the martyrs and shall I be the first of the name of Brown that ever took this path and kept. Goodman Brown insists his father and grandfather have always been good Christians. As they go further into the forest, they come across an evil/devil ceremony. Goody Cloyse, a very pious and exemplary dame, who had taught him his catechism in his youth, serves as his spiritual advisor, and was a good friend of Goodman’s grandfather was there, which made Brown shocked because he has engraved in his life that these people are religious and he would not expect them to be there (puritan). Goodman brown hides so she won’t see him, so he can avoid being questioned by her even though Goodman Brown decided to come into the forest and meet with the devil. He seems more concerned with how his faith appears to other people than with the fact that he has decided to meet with the devil. However, she meets up
As his journey begins in the forest, Goodman Brown meets an old man, who has an eerie resemblance to Brown. The old man transpired to be a good friend of his father and grandfather. The old man implies that he is the devil …show more content…
At this point in the story, Goodman Brown questions his father’s and grandfather’s puritan way of life. He states my father never went into the woods on such an errand, nor his father before him. We have been a race of honest men and good Christians, since the days of the martyrs and shall I be the first of the name of Brown that ever took this path and kept. Goodman Brown insists his father and grandfather have always been good Christians. As they go further into the forest, they come across an evil/devil ceremony. Goody Cloyse, a very pious and exemplary dame, who had taught him his catechism in his youth, serves as his spiritual advisor, and was a good friend of Goodman’s grandfather was there, which made Brown shocked because he has engraved in his life that these people are religious and he would not expect them to be there (puritan). Goodman brown hides so she won’t see him, so he can avoid being questioned by her even though Goodman Brown decided to come into the forest and meet with the devil. He seems more concerned with how his faith appears to other people than with the fact that he has decided to meet with the devil. However, she meets up