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Young Goodman Brown

Young Goodman Brown



Young Goodman Brown is neither evil nor a good individual but was as faithful and normal as everyone else in his society; at lease he thought he was. This story, in my perspective, is mostly about how Goodman Brown lost his faith and how everything he perceived to be good and innocent was really just the work of the devil. Even in the beginning of the story, it seemed that he left his faith at home because his wife “Faith” was urging him to stay but, ignored her and continued his journey. Then, throughout his journey to find his faith, Goodman Brown showed that he never had it to begin with because he kept changing his mind about whither to continue and kept doubting the existence of god which, showed his great weakness. At the end, he completely loses his faith and doesn’t trust society any more because he sees no differences between good and bad.
Faith, Young Goodman Brown’s wife, represents Goodman Brown’s devotion to Christianity, innocence, and......


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