Young Goodman Brown decides to go in to the woods because it seems that he has an important errand to run. Brown has been married to his wife, Faith for three months now but leaves her at the house for his journey. His wife seems to be very concerned for Brown as she cried, “Pr’y thee, put off your journey until sunrise, and sleep in your own bed tonight. A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and such thoughts, that she’s afeard of herself, sometimes.” Brown assures to his wife that he will be safe and tells her to pray and look to god. Brown ends up meeting an old man deep in to the woods at nighttime. The old man knew Brown’s father and grandfather as they discuss about some things that go on around town. Brown constantly reiterates
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Later on, Brown sees a pink ribbon fall down the sky, which were the ones that his wife, Faith was wearing. This symbolizes that Brown has now lost all his faith because now he cannot trust anyone, not even his wife. It is ironic that his wife’s name is Faith because he loses Faith figuratively and literally. Brown, later witnesses a “baptism” ceremony, which represents the conversion to the Devil. A dark figure conducted the ceremony and pronounced to the people in the ceremony, “Welcome, my children, to the communion of your race! Ye have found, thus young, your nature and your destiny.” This shows that these people have found their destiny to convert to the Devil. Brown then sees a woman at the ceremony, which happens to be his wife, Faith. Brown tries to make Faith resist the urge of the Devil by saying, “Look up to Heaven, and resist the wicked one.” But it has no use as he witnesses his wife who he thought was a good Christian. Suddenly Brown finds himself in the daylight the next morning and returns to his town. The sight of some of the people he saw last night disgusts him as he doesn’t even talk to his wife and later leads a life full of suspicion. He ends up dying alone in despair and living a bad life because of the events he
Later on, Brown sees a pink ribbon fall down the sky, which were the ones that his wife, Faith was wearing. This symbolizes that Brown has now lost all his faith because now he cannot trust anyone, not even his wife. It is ironic that his wife’s name is Faith because he loses Faith figuratively and literally. Brown, later witnesses a “baptism” ceremony, which represents the conversion to the Devil. A dark figure conducted the ceremony and pronounced to the people in the ceremony, “Welcome, my children, to the communion of your race! Ye have found, thus young, your nature and your destiny.” This shows that these people have found their destiny to convert to the Devil. Brown then sees a woman at the ceremony, which happens to be his wife, Faith. Brown tries to make Faith resist the urge of the Devil by saying, “Look up to Heaven, and resist the wicked one.” But it has no use as he witnesses his wife who he thought was a good Christian. Suddenly Brown finds himself in the daylight the next morning and returns to his town. The sight of some of the people he saw last night disgusts him as he doesn’t even talk to his wife and later leads a life full of suspicion. He ends up dying alone in despair and living a bad life because of the events he