In the short story “Young Goodman Brown”, dual meaning symbols are found throughout. From the naming of the characters, to the use of inanimate articles, and even Young Goodman Brown’s journey itself. All these dual meaning symbols are used to epitomize the eternal conflict between good and evil.
The character in the story with the most obvious dual meaning name is Young Goodman Brown’s wife, Faith. An example of “Faiths” duplicity is when Young Goodman Brown says, “My love and my Faith, of all nights in the year, this one I must tarry from thee.” Brown is moving away from his wife and losing faith in his fellow peers. Another example is when the devil takes Faith and brown exclaims, “My Faith is gone!” Not only is he saying that his wife