Young Goodman Brown Analysis (Q & A)




Young Goodman Brown 

  1. What do you think Hawthorne's purpose was for writing this story? 
          I believe that Hawthorne's purpose for writing this story is to give em a good old fashioned plot twist. More into that detail, almost everybody hides a dark secret in this story and sadly in real life
   
    2.  Hawthorne states that Brown's wife is "aptly named" Faith.  After reading the story, do you agree?  Does Faith's name fit her personality?  Does Brown have true faith in her?
        
          I agree, because his wife really holds fast to her morals and beliefs. I think her name is Faith, because brown has so much of it in his wife and as I said before, she obviously has a lot of it. I see Brown having true faith in his wife, because through all the stuff he goes through - she's on his mind. 

    3. What do you think the pink ribbons signify?

        I think the pink ribbons signify a sense of innocence, as well as a symbol of his wife and life back home. 
   
    4. Was everything Brown witnessed real, a figment of his imagination, something conjured by evil, or a dream?  Support your answer with passages from the text.

        I think that what Brown witnessed was all a dream, but definitely conjured by evil.
  
    5. Who do you think the old man really is?  What textual clues tell you this?
   
        I think that the old man is Satan. Textual clues that tell me this are when the woman who gives Goodman his catechism says, "The devil?" "Then Goody Close knows her old friend."  

    6. What does the staff represent?  Do you think the staff leads Brown onward or is the primary motivator Brown's own conscience/mind?

        The staff represents temptation, and tempts Brown to go onward, but doesn't actually make him do so. I think his attraction to evil did that. 

    7. If Brown had not ventured into the forest, how would his life be different?  If he'd stayed home, would Brown still have Faith?  Would he still trust his wife and his fellow townspeople
       If Brown hadn't have gone into the forest, he still would have seen everybody as good and he wouldn't have known a thing. He would still have faith because he wouldn't even questioned it. Given that fact, yes - he would still trust his wife and his fellow townspeople.

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