Fate orFface? Young Goodman Br

Faith or Face? “Young Goodman Brown” is short story about a young Puritan man who sets out on a journey through the forest to witness a witch ceremony, leaving his wife, Faith. He must resist the devil’s temptation and return to her at sunrise, as promised. On his journey Brown experiences events that alter his way of thinking forever. This story is centered around the concept of Faith. Faith is used to show the …

…thing all the other townspeople were doing. Did Goodman actually lose his faith? If he had true faith would he have questioned the existence of Heaven and God? It was his pride that kept him isolated from his community. Brown dies a lonely and miserable death; buried with “no hopeful verse upon his tombstone; for his dying hour was gloom” (Hawthorne 9). This story shows clearly that faith is not manifested in actions, but in ideas.