Brown the main character in the story represented everything that was good. He was a loving faithful husband, a good Christian and a pillar of the community. His wife, Faith's outward appearance would indicate the same. Brown simply adored her. Throughout the story Hawthorne used the wife as a symbolic representation of biblica

Brown also had another companion at his side the night he lost his faith. A man, known only as the traveler. The traveler represented the only reality in the story. His overall purpose was to help Brown see the light. Only it wasn't the light that Brown was accustomed to hearing about. The light of which the traveler spoke represented the darkest sides of all whom Brown loved and admired. His teacher, preacher, parents, and yes, even his Faith.

l faith. No doubt, that was the underlying reason for him using Faith as the character's name. A good Christian man must always keep faith at his side, as a husband does a wife.

The binary oppositions in this story are abundant. ..."Faith peeping after him with a melancholy air, in spite of pink ribbons." (351) Represents deception and innocence. The deception being her forward reluctance at his de

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Approximate Word count = 571
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)