Who does Young Goodman Brown see in the forest?
Ligia, this link should give you all the answers you need for your homework. Good luck! The story begins with Goodman Brown leaving his wife, Faith for an overnight errand. She begs him not to go, but he does so anyway. Faith is the only symbol of hope in the story. She is a symbolic of love, as in the love between man and woman, and also the love, faith and devotion he has in God. In essence, by leaving Faith in the beginning of the story, he is leaving his faith in God and good. Faith is introduced in the beginning of the story as the devoted wife who warns her husband to stay with her because of a dream that she has. Without Faith, Goodman Brown he no faith, he is dependent on her: “she’s a blessed angel on earth; and after this one night, I’ll cling to her skirts and follow her to heaven” (Goodman Brown is counting on Faith to redeem him after his errand with the devil. When Goodman Brown finally meets with the Devil, he declares that the reason he was late was because “Faith kept
