This story was very hard for me to read. From what i read, i think i like the story. I liked how it showed that the Puritans were not all that pure. It showed that many people have sinned and that it was all around. The story had many elements. The staff the man was holding looked like a serpent and the man that was holding it could have been the devil. The ribbon in the hair was supposed to symbolize some kind of purity. Goodman Brown's Wife, Faith, was representing faith in that story. Goodman Brown had walked away from both faith's in the beginning. When he was half way to his destination he had a change of heart and did not want to keep going. Then the ribbon falls out of the sky and makes him go on a rampage. He then goes to what represented hell. Then later he woke up from what seemed like a dream. That makes me wonder if it really was a dream or not. Overall if it was easier to read i probably would have like this story alot.
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I think this story almost has to be hard to read. When working with an allegory, you there is a certain level of analysis required for understanding. Had we been alive during the time of this story's publication, it probably would have been more accessible!
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