1. I think Hawthorne's purpose for writing this story was to show how realistic our dreams can be and that even when we sleep our imagination is still going.
2. I agree that Faith was "aptly named' Faith because throughout the story she stayed faithful even though Brown wasn't faithful to her.
3. I believe the pink ribbons signify purity, youthfulness, and happiness. The color pink is associated with innocence ribbons are associated with youthfulness, and I thought Faith was happy.
4. Everything brown witnessed was a dream. "it was a dream of evil omen for young Goodman Brown. A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man did he become from the night of that fearful dream."
5. I think the old man is really the devil or he represents the dark side of Brown. Clues that I picked up from the story was he said that the old man was like a serpent and that the old man could be Brown's father which creates a connection between them. They also live in Salem which has witchcraft.
6. I think the staff represent the voice inside his conscience telling him right from wrong. Like the good and bad figures in movies that show up on the shoulders of a character when they are faced with making a decision.
7. If Brown had not ventured into the forest he wouldn't be scarred by the event of going into the forest. If Brown would have stayed home he would still have Faith. He would definitely still trust his wife and townspeople because he wouldn't have reason to not trust them unless another traumatic event occurred.
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