Young Goodman Brown – the fall of man and the inclination to sin. Innocence and the desire to be good. Stained sin.
Faith – represents faith of many kinds – religious, faith in other people
The Elderly Traveller/Fellow-Traveller – the devil, evil, mans true nature, or temptation.
Goody Cloyse – god and religion, people Goodman Brown thought were holy and good. Hypocrisy.
The Ceremony – mans true nature that everyone sins and is not perfect
The Pink Ribbon – purity, faith, goodness. When it falls Goodman Brown loses his faith and trust in people
Young Goodman Brown’s Journey – journey of life as we go from innocence to experience and from a naive view of life to an understanding view of acceptance and knowledge of good and evil.
2. Identify the following for “Young Goodman Brown”:
Theme Message of Theme Element Used to Establish
Sin Everybody sins – nobody is perfect Goody Cloyse and others at the ceremony;
the pink ribbons falling
In addition, provide three direct quotes from the story that address your theme.
“My faith is gone! There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil; for to thee is this world given.”
“as if the roaring wind, the rushing streams, the howling beasts, and every other voice
“depending upon one another’s hearts, ye had still hoped that virtue were not all a dream. Now are ye undeceived. Evil is the nature of mankind. Evil must be your only happiness. Wlcome again, my children, to the communion of your race.”
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