Essay 4 – Literary Analysis: Symbolism and Allegory “And Faith, as the wife was aptly named, thrust her own pretty head into the street, letting the wind play with the pink ribbons of her cap while she called to Goodman Brown,” (Hawthorne PAGE). Nathaniel Hawthorne, as well as many other writers, use symbolism and allegory when writing moral or religious stories. In the story, “Young Goodman Brown,” Hawthorne uses symbolism and allegory habitually. Writers who advocate moral, philosophical, or religious issues, frequently use symbolism and allegory to create a correlation between specific objects or characters and ideas or values, broaden the meaning of a story, and provide moral lessons.
To begin, writers frequently use symbolism to create a correlation between specific objects or characters and ideas or values. Hawthorne used Faith’s pink ribbon to symbolize her purity, “Then God bless you!” said faith, with the pink ribbons; “and may you find all well when you come
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It was strange to see that the good shrank not from the wicked, nor were the sinners abashed by the saints,” and in that moment Goodman saw the dark side of the people in his village. The Puritans (CHECK) had a high standing in church and a high moral reputation, which Goodman’s society valued most above all else, so he was horrified when he saw the hypocrisy of his fellow villagers. Hawthorne depicted the truth about human nature, showing that we all have things we are hiding from the world. By bestowing moral lessons in readers, writers peek their interest and keep them entertained until the very