Brainstorming Exercise

In Young Goodman Brown, there is a symbol for everything. Goodman is a symbol for the Puritans of the time - the average person. Faith his wife, is a symbol for Faith itself (Faith in the Lord). Faith's pink ribbons symbolize her innocence and her purity. The woods is could be seen as temptation and sin, or it can also be seen as purgatory. The Devil is the symbol for all evil. After reading the story and talking about it in class, the moral of the story became very clear. It was a story on good vs. evil. It was basically saying keep your faith and don't let sin take over you.