Young goodman brown
Young Goodman Brown is a puritan minister who followed the ways of the Puritan religion. After his encounter with the devil he saw how the world really turned, which serverly destroyed his life. By this Brown went from a state of innocence (not knowing), to a state of experience (Knowing). The story begins with Brown leaving on a journey. Faith, Brown's wife begged him not to go on an "errand", Brown says his "his love and my faith" that "this one night I must tarry away from thee." As Stear explains: "When he says, "love" and his "Faith" he is talking to his wife but he is also talking to "faith" in god". When brown went to meet the so-called person in the woods, the traveler asked him why he was late. Brown replied with "faith kept me behind". Stear also explains: "this has a double meaning. Not only his wife named Faith has left him behind, but his faith in god slowed him down also".( ) As Brown is walking in the woods, the traveler with him, who holds a cane that resembles a great black snake, talked to Brown about his family. The man was trying to convince Brown that everyone is devilish. He does this by telling Brown how his grandfather lashed a Quaker woman, and set fire to and Ind
Brown foreshadowed the future in his mind (112). He does this by telling Brown how his grandfather lashed a Quaker woman, and set fire to and Indian village. Brown replied with "faith kept me behind". The closest Brown comes to showing emotion is when "a hanging twig, that had been on the fire, besprinkled his cheek with the coldest dew. Brown foreshadowed the future in his mind (112). As Goodman Brown is sitting he is thinking how he want to go back to the arms of Faith, "back where he was safe". Stear also explains: "this has a double meaning. In Capp's statement:"This is the first time that the word "hope" ever comes into this story and it is because this is the true turning point for Goodman Brown. Young Goodman Brown hears voices, he notices that one of the voices was the Deacon's. " The dew on the cheek represents a tear that brown is unable to produce because of his lack of emotion. The knowledge that was given to Brown, whether it really happened or was a dream, led brown to live in a life of complete isolation, and because of this there was nobody at his funeral. (339) His lack of remorse and compassion "condemns him to a anguished life that is spiritually and emotionally dissociated"(341). As Brown was walking in the woods they came across someone Brown recognized. At this time Brown sees a pink ribbon, Brown grabs it and says, "my Faith is gone! There is no good on earth and sin is but a name. Come, devil; for to thee is the world given (109)".
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