The central theme of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown,"is the conflict in Goodman Brown between joining the ranks of the devil and remaining "good." It is a very difficult personal journey for Young Goodman Brown, as he travels through the woods to follow an inner desire to become a witch, all the while thinking on all of the "good" things (like his wife Faith) he would be leaving behind. This internal conflict ultimately destroys the Young Goodman Brown and creates a new man.
Goodman Brown, a Puritan New Englander, in whatever way, and for whatever reason, made a deal with the Devil in the woods outside Salem. He knows that this is morally wrong, and especially when he leaves his pink-ribboned Fai
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