Goodman's Loss of Faith Nathaniel Hawthorn's short story, "Young Goodman Brown" is allegorical; the characters and objects in the story represent abstract ideas. The evil in Brown's world is frequently represented by some object, person, or event in the short story. The symbols of evil guide the story along and show the reader how Brown loses his faith. Hawthorn uses symbolism to illustrate the story of a young man who reluctantly departs from his world …showed first 75 words of 1273 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1273 total…acknowledge and accept all evil even if he was innocent and faithful. Hawthorne shows how the widespread evil that exists in this world can destroy anyone's faith if it is not strong enough. Works Cited Fogle, Richard Harter. "Young Goodman Brown." University of Oklahoma Press, Oklahoma: 1964. p15 - 32. DiYanni, Robert. "Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne." McGraw-Hill Company, United States: 2002. p341-349. Tharpe, Joe. "Representative Allegorical Men." London: Southern Illinois University Press, Illinois: 1967. p74-88.