Essay on the Evil in Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown -- Young Goodman

The Evil in Young Goodman Brown In my interpretation of the story, I will be discussing three main topics the beginning conversation with Faith, the devilish character, and Browns wifes meaning in the story. Young Goodman Brown is about to take a expedition like many others before him, across the threshold separating the young unknowing boys and the elderly sages. This, however, will not be without peril, because aging is a testing process defined by rill and error, and the errors prices are mosttimes significant. This errand he is undertaking has an evil purpose. It seems as though this night has been foreseen long ago by both Faith and Goodman Brown. The wife begs him that, of all nights, he should stay this one home because she senses trouble. The purpose of the journey is not discussed, because it is the passage b... ... The last paragraph of the story indicates that this was not precisely a journey to mature, because he died like a heathen, away from the religious c ommunity. He strayed his faith and he was punished for this. Gloom is a bragging(a) part of this story, symbolizing the forest, unknown, and evil. The fact that every person in Salem, diabolic or pious, was present in the forest can reflect some humor. They act as zombies by night, and normal people by day, pretense one faith in the gloom, and returning to church at dawn.