Young Brown
> Hawthorne uses allegory and symbolism to tell us the story of> "Young Goodman Brown". The whole story is an allegory to represent mans> faith in religion and fear of the devil. Throughout the story we find> many forms of symbolism to further strengthen the allegorical theme of> mans religious belief and internal doubts about religion.. The authors> use of the name Faith for Goodman Browns wife can be interpreted as an
Also in the story the> author talks about the devils staff. The religious fervor of> the time. This clearly relates to the story of Moses in> the bible when the staffs become serpents. The author shows us a man> who is driven by his religious beliefs and who thinks everyone around> him is evil and in league with the devil. Not only is the staff> symbolic of evil but this event is an allegory for the religious belief> and the fight with the religious opposition. The story clearly reflects the puritanical religious> fanaticism of the time the story is based in. His> internal conflicts with his religious beliefs. > We never are told if the events in the forest actually happened> or if they were just a dream. I am sure it was this extreme,> religious, deluded type of mentality that allowed the witch hangings in> Salem around this same time period. He mentions more then once the look> of the staff being serpentine, and amorphous, before he clearly states "> it assumed life, being one of the rods which its owner had formerly lent> to the Egyptian Magi". And the doubts the events caused in young Goodman Brown caused> him to become " stern, sad, darkly meditative, distrustful, and a> desparate man". The character is deeply religious and> battles throughout the story with his faith.
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