his past and his desires to reach beyond that which his benighted heaven would put before him.

The allegory is Christian due to the references in Young Goodman Brown to the devil and

Satan. The beginning of the story mentions the goodman's wife, Faith. "Faith kept me back

awhile," replied the young man, with a tremor in his voice, caused by the sudden appearance of

his companion, though not wholly unexpected."(

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Approximate Word count = 343
Approximate Pages = 1 (250 words per page double spaced)