Young Goodman Brown

YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN

• He was a man who took a journey into the woods.
• It represents a bad turn down his religious path.

STORYLINE

• Faith doesn't want Goodman Brown to go into the woods.
• She has been having nightmares.
• She doesn't want to feel bereavement.

FAITH

• His wife
• Symbolizes his faith in God

STORYLINE

• Goodman meets "The Man in the Woods".
• He tries to entice him to sin.

"THE MAN IN THE WOODS"

• A man who accompanies Goodman in the woods.
• Represents the devil or Satan.

SERPENT STAFF

• Walking stick with a carving on it.
• Symbolizes temptation.

STORYLINE

• The Man offers Goodman a serpentine staff, But he refuses.
• They see people from the church.
• Goody Cloyse reveals herself to be a witch.

GOODY CLOUSE

• One of the church folk he sees.
• Represents irony of the Puritans.

STORYLINE

• Goodman takes the staff and the man disappears.
• When he sits down he hears the familiar voice of Deacon Gooken.
• Brown then sees a pink ribbon he knows to be Faith's.

PINK RIBBON

• What Faith wears in her hair.
• Symbolizes that faith is pure but not totally pure.

STORYLINE

• Goodman teleports to the ceremony.
• The church folk push Goodman closer to the center.
• In the center stood faith.

THE WOODS

• Where he goes on the journey.
• Represents the sinful path he is on.

STORYLINE

• Everything disappears and he wakes up alone.
• He returns to Salem village feeling ostracized.
• Goodman believes everyone in the town is evil.

CITATIONS

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