Symbolism And Symbolism In Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown

Did you enjoy reading Young Goodman Brown? Hawthorne was a Dark Romantic and believed in the pureness of ideas rather than following the crowd and doing what society says “is the right way”. In Young Goodman Brown, Brown was a strong person in belief until he took an adventure that he was curious about and became doubtful a little bit which caused confusion in his life. Hawthorne uses literary devices such as imagery, symbolism, and pink ribbons as well as inspiration which is an “I” from the romantics.
Symbolism is portrayed in the story when Brown takes an adventure into the woods and he meets a witch named Goody Cloyse and followers of the devil like Deacon Goodkin and the Minister, which is similar to The Scarlet Letter. In the Scarlet

Brown does not have strong faith in his self and God because he is afraid of what people might say. Instead of him praying, he saw pink ribbons and everything the devil was doing, Brown was not realizing that he should have been stronger in his faith when he told Faith to pray and everything would be alright. According to Brown "My Faith is gone" (Hawthorne, 12), and that meant his wife and his belief. He was not strong enough in his faith from the beginning so the words confirmed that he could not handle the pressure anymore and instead of preaching what he said to Faith, he got caught up in the

Symbolism, imagery, the pink ribbons, and the I’s of romanticism all have a major role in Brown’s life just like each individual has something meaningful to them. Brown did not realize what he was getting himself into until he began the journey, but he never turned back and because of that he had a gloomy life and death. Faith was the key to go through the journey and he did not live up to his faith and he did not do what he should have for his wife