"Young Goodman Brown" is a story composed of symbols that represent a rite of passage for the characters. In this story we find that a form of evil may exist in all humans (based on the experiences of Goodman Brown). Two symbols that help the reader understand the transformation of good to evil are the use of names and the city vs. the woods. These symbols are important to the development of innocence to notion of evil in all human beings.
The two names in the story: "Young Goodman Brown," and "Faith," represent how innocence can easily transform to evil. Faith is Goodmans wife. When the read
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