Faith In Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown

The short story “Young Goodman Brown” begins by introducing a woman named faith and a man named Goodman Brown. They have just recently wed and Mr. brown tells his wife he will go on one last trip to meet with the devil to take part in some forms of devilish acts. The name Goodman Brown is the first clear insight on the authors concept of mankind’s, which is that even good men can become brown. Brown in this instant refers to that even men who are good do take part in devilish acts, and commit sinful actions thus causing them to become brown. The story depicts Goodman Brown wife Faith as the embodiment of someone who is holy, and Goodman brown states when he returns he’ll use her to pull himself back into the graces of god. Which also demonstrating