Symbols_In_Young_Goodman_Brown

Symbols In Young Goodman Brown There is a fundamental internal struggle that every man and woman must endure. As though it were created in a timeless fashion, man has had to combat, what we have come to term, the forces of good and evil. In a much simpler time, these forces were apparent and obtrusive. They would force themselves upon us - upon the people of the times. In today’s world, evil (and thus good, as well) are less obvious; far more subtle. We must try to pinpoint them and draw them out, ever so carefully, that we not make a mistake and “witch hunt.” We can look back, though, at stories such as “Young Goodman Brown” and pick out, quite easily, the struggle that unfolds within the pages. What we have here is the classic tale of good and evil, fighting to tempt man, trying to break his faith. This entire story is a symbol, an allegory, for something more set in a mythical mood. Rather than pick apart each and every piece of symbolism in the story, I think it is far more effective to let the pieces fill the whole, and decipher that. “Young faith, brown, wife, love, one, hawthorne, god, story, out, goodman, away, young, journey, back, upon, though, must, man, literally, good, further, evil, every, earth, brown’s, whole, turn, time, thus, thee, tempt, struggle, strength, something, should