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Religious Allegory In Nathaniel Hawthorne's Young Good Man Brown

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In the story “Young Good Man Brown “ by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Goodman Brown loss his faith in human race. He shows both innocence and corruptibility as he approaches the devil. The story based upon the religious imagery of Hawthorne’s New England in the times of Salem. In the beginning of the story, the author mentions his wife, Faith, the name of the character alone serves as an indication of religious allegory of Goodman Brown and faith soon will be pitted by the nature devil. Goodman Brown believes in the goodness of his father, grandfather, the minister, and Goody Cloyse, until the devil reveals that Goody Cloyse is a witch. He also believes that Faith is pure and good, until the old man (devil) reveals at the ceremony that “Faith” is also
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