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Allegorical Meaning of new-made Goodman Brown In the improvident story Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorn, the author uses many of his characters to lay out the deeper meaning of the narrative. The allegorical meaning of Hawthorns tale is that of belief. If one believes that he or she is inherently evil than whether or not they do evil is inconsequential since the belief will lastly lead to misery. Young Goodman Brown is issue on a voyage or trip yet afterward in the story it becomes unclear as to whether this was reality, just a dream, or a figment of his imagination. Hawthorn was a romanticist and this narrative evoke both strong feeling and emotions. Although, I believe it is the reader who starts to move over strong feelings near the main character and it is the emotions of Young Goodman Brown that ultimately bring him to his downfall. It is his anxieties and paranoia that take over and control his emotions. It is clearly emotions that triumphant Hawt horns Young Goodman Brown The story opens with Young Goodman Brown bidding his wife farewell. Goodman claims this is a journey that he must attend to. Interestingly, his wife Faith is pictured as pure and good. She is a loving wife concerned about her husband and his mission. It is her pink ribbons that represent her young innocence. From the beginning Goodman refers to his journey as having an evil purpose. As Young Goodman Brown enters the woods and meets up with companion he explains that Faith kept me back a sequence. So was it literally that Faith his wife caused his delay or more(prenominal) figuratively that it was his faith in goodness that was really holding him back. Hobbling along in the woods Young Goodman Brown sees his catechism teacher. This is yet an other obstructer that has underlying meaning. She represents the teachings of Christianity and all that is good in the world. Yet this did not split our character from continuing on his evil voyage. In t he latter plowshare of the story, where Young Goodman Brown is at the circle of the devil with all the other sinners he calls out for Faith. He then states, My Faith is gone...There is no good on earth and sin is but a name.