In the first paragraphs of the story we find young Goodman Brown leaving his "aptly named" wife Faith, on an Evil errand into the wickedness of the forest. Faith pleads with him not to go, afraid of herself and what she might do while he his gone. Without him there to help her and reassure her in the midst of the menacing night, his Faith couldn't be trusted to stay strong and dependable. His faith

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Seeing this leaves him shocked and disbelieving, but he's not "out of the woods" yet. The next individuals he will cross paths with are to be the leaders of his church. The minister and deacon of his community ride by and as they do he can hear their conversation. They conspire about the wicked episode that is to occur that night. Young Goodman Brown is not able to handle all of the sin within his community that is being brought to light and when he hears his wife's voice calling among an evil upheaval, he realizes that he had lost his faith.

Perhaps this story is Hawthorn's attempt to "undeceive" us, but I don't think so. Young Goodman Brown's life ends on a very negative note. He spends the rest of his remaining existence judging people for the mistakes they make, and for their failures to overcome the temptations of the evil one, and therefore has trouble

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