1.Who is the figure that Goodman Brown meets in the forest? How is he characterized?
It is difficult to know for sure but the man appears to be the devil. The first clue is the serpent shaped staff. After they meet he is able to tell Young Goodman Brown about all of his ancestors who did evil things. Cheating and murdering Indians. He also reveals the true nature of the townspeople to Young Goodman Brown . No mortal would know this kind of information.
2.How does Goodman Brown view his actions in relation to his family history? How does his companion respond to Brown's claims about his family?
Goodman goes to unknown errand in the forest leaving his wife Faith. His wife pleads with to stay behind but the decisive husband insists that he must complete his journey to the forest that night where he
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He sees the minister, Goody Cloyse, and the Deacon and he can’t look at them. They look normal but he sees them as evil now.
5.At what precise moment does Goodman Brown lose his faith?
He loses his faith when he realizes that his Faith (his new wife) is going to the Dark meeting as well. That’s when he realizes that maybe what he thought is good is now gone. He says 'My Faith is gone!' cried he, after one stupefied moment. 'There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil; for to thee is this world given.'" When he reaches the meeting, he has his only hope and appeals to Faith to resist the devil.
6.How does Goodman Brown react to his wife and others upon his return to Salem? Why? is he justified in acting this way?
He reacts to his wife and the people in his town coldly after his journey from the strange trip into the woods. He believes to be pretty as everyone would know. It is justified to have cool relationship with them if he witnessed his neighbors engaging in devil worship. But the author constantly uses the word “if” to mean probably that whatever he was experiencing was indeed not