Symbolism,Characterization, and Faith in Hawthornes Young Goodman Brow

Symbolism,Characterization, and doctrine in Young Goodman Brown conviction is believing what you cant see or touch. Faith is knowing something especially when there is no proof to back it up. Young Goodman Brown is a story somewhat a man who leaves his wife, Faith, home alone for a night tour he journeys with the devil down the road of temptation. During the course of his journey, the man sees many another(prenominal) people who seem out of place, including his wife. When he returns home to Salem, he is a changed man. In this story, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolism and characterization in order to imply that when an idiosyncratic loses faith in the goodness of hide out, that individual may conclude that mankind (including friends and family) has given in to temptation. Hawthorne uses symbolism to imply that when individuals lose their faith in the goodness of mankind, they may begin to imagine that their peers have yielded to temptation. The character of Faith is Goodma n Browns spouse, but she is also a symbol of his faith in mankind. Browns kinship with Faith changes as the story progresses, from tender and caring love to faultfinding(prenominal) scorn. Browns thoughts about Faith as he leaves on his journey argon Poor little Faith...shes a blessed angel on earth... ...ith in humanity and starts imagining that all his peers are guilty of sin. Is mankind noisome of our faith? No. Faith in the goodness of mankind is a belief in something for which there is proof. Works Cited and Consulted Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Complete Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne. refreshing York Doubleday and Co., Inc.,1959. Leavis, Q.D. Hawthorne as Poet. In Hawthorne A Collection of Critical Essays, edited by A.N. Kaul. Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1966. Wagenknecht, Edward. Nathaniel Hawthorne The Man, His Tales and Romances. New York Continuum Publishing Co., 1989.