Hawthorne communicates this theme between evil and faith. In the story Young Goodman Brown a religious man that believes in faith leaves his wife in town and goes for a walk to the forest where he's meeting up with an old man which later is known as the devil. Brown argues with him while sun is setting down and encourages brown to take the staff which the old man is using to walk but brown refuses to take it. Brown forwards when he hears noises in the woods and takes himself in. When he gets called by the devil he sees faith. The author makes the story whether it was a dream or real it, changed browns whole entire life.
Symbolism was used several times in the beginning of the story making the characters with happiness. Symbolism means a representations of something in a symbolic form to add deeper meaning to a story. For example, a symbolic image that was used in the story was the pink ribbon. The pink ribbon represented faith so the color pink associated with innocence and the ribbon means humble. At the end of story when brown returns to the village from the forest he sees his wife wearing pink ribbons he wants to her to return the innocence back as in the beginning of the story.
Tone was also used in the story. Tone in literature means that the author expresses his attitude through writing using syntax and diction. The tone in this story is darkness and the forest and it was used very quickly. When the author used it was when he got to his destination to the forest it started to get dark, he couldn't see nothing but his shadows. For example, when the author said "it was all lonely as it could be; and lonely footsteps" (Paragraph 8 line 8).
In conclusion
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