some point, and they end up giving in to the temptations. During the journey when Brown gets into the forest and even into the ceremony his first name Young is left behind showing that he had lost his innocence. But at the end of the story, Brown is implied as being the only righteous good man as he witnesses that all other people in the church and further doubted his wife being evil and he loses trust on the people of Salem (Hawthorne 237). The name Salem is symbolic when reference is made to the American history that was famous for the witch trials. Therefore Salem shows the hypocrisy of the towns prominent citizens. The pink ribbons worn by Faith represents purity, the pink color is often associated with innocence. Often when Goodman sees