journey, Hawthorne makes it quite clear that the stranger is in some way a reflection of Goodman Brown, "...the shape of old Goodman Brown,"(75). As Brown interacts with this figure, Hawthorne offers us telling clues to his identity. Hawthorne later refers to him as "the fiend"(73). Whether his resemblance to Brown is an illusion or a metaphor is arguable; he either represents the evil within Brown, or he represents the Devil
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