Young Old Good Bad

1. Hawthorne's purpose for writing this story shows even the nicest of people can have the worst, negative intentions.  Many of the characters that were introduced in the story, at first were described as good Christians, but then later the main character, young Goodman Brown, slowly started to discover the actual beliefs of many of the people he would consider "good Christians."
   
2. The name Faith suits Brown's wife because throughout the story, he is always thinking about the good in his wife, and how she is his only hope left when something bad happens.
   
3. I think the pink ribbons signify the sign of hope, similar to the month of breast cancer awareness, the pink ribbon signifies hope for everyone.
   
4. I think everything Brown witnessed, was just all a dream.  Towards the end of the story it says, "... Had Goodman brown fallen asleep in the forest, and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch meeting?"
   
5. I believe the old man was the devil who was just tempting / taunting Brown because he would for most of the story.  He would tell him lies about helping past family relatives.
   
6. The staff means he has fallen into the hands of the devil and now on his side.
   
7. If he didn't venture into the forest, Brown would still be naive about the townspeople and his wife.  He wouldn't believe that the people that surround him everyday, are bad people.