faith
"Take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one" (Ephesians 6:16). Goodman Brown did not have faith. He did not have religious faith nor faith in his fellow human beings in Salem. And because he didn't have faith he was became vulnerable to the "flaming arrows of the evil one". Goodman Brown like all of us has battles against the devil over our guilt, our sins, and our fears. And it is up to us to decide whether we will stand up to our demons or to succumb to it like Goodman Brown.Early on in the story we find out that the name of Goodman Brown's wife is Faith. And she with her "pink ribbons" symbolizes innocence and purity. She also symbolizes religious faith as well as faith in one's fellow human beings. When Goodman Brown is late getting to the forest he explains that his "Faith" kept him back which can be taken to meaning that his wife Faith kept him back as well as his religious faith. Also as he is leaving his wife Faith for the dark forest, he is also symbolically leaving behind his religious faith and his faith in his fellow human beings. He then enters the dark forest, which is a palette where the devil can paint images to cloud and tempt the faith of Goodma
Goodman Brown is being made to believe that everyone is inherently evil and that their piousness is only a facade for their covert interactions with the devil. He imagines himself seeing Goody Cloyse, an influential spiritual advisor that taught him his catechism cavorting with the devil. He is seeing what he wants to see. The devil is making all his sub-conscious suspicions come alive in this venture into the dark forest. He is being made to suspect everyone, his grandfather, father, the minister, Deacon Gookin, the Indians, and even his wife Faith. After this incident and upon returning to reality, Goodman Brown became distrustful because he felt that everyone had let him down because he saw all of them partake in the wicked witch meeting the night before. But the whole night was conjured up by the devil to deceive Brown into thinking that the whole town was evil. And because of this Brown was wary of Faith ever since. He became distrustful of Faith his wife and also his religious faith as well as his faith in his fellow human beings. Brown in the end was not able to defend himself from the barrage of " flaming arrows of the evil one" and his "shield" was not strong enough. When Goodma
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