The Young Goodman Brown Story, An Act of Faith :: Free Essay Writer

In his story "Young Goodman Brown," hawe cleverly projects his attitude about the Puritan religion choosing a Christian love oer the Puritan religion in this story of a mans locomote to a revival. The name Hawthorne gave to his character is also significant as it implied Goodman Brown was a favorable man and the color brown meant that he was not perfect nor was he evil. This story highlights Goodmans commitment and faith to his wifes love and Christianity over the Puritan religion eventually causing him to be subjected to suspicion by the community at a time where witch-hunts subjected the innocent to suffering and death. The story takes place at sunset in a Salem village during a difficult time for religion. Goodman keeps from his wife the details and purpose of his journey. He tells her good bye and makes it obvious he is go away her behind out of pledge. He intentionally describes his wifes beauty as well as her love and desire for him. He did this to convey the fir st time he overcame temptation in favor of his religious obligation. His wife Faith reveals her inner desires for him. She attempts to convince him to stay but he externally exhibits his commitment to his religion obligation to make the journey while internally he is unsure about his religious convictions. Goodman reassures his wife of his faith in their relationship and assures her of his return. No doubt Hawthorn meant to show Browns faith in the couples love for each other and the difficult choice he made to go on his journey. He leaves her behind, which shows that he is release sin behind because he resisted the temptation to stay due to his obligation to go. "Dearest heart, " whispered she, softly and rather sadly, when her lips were close to his ear, "prythee, put off your journey until sunrise, and sleep in your own bed tonight. A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and such thoughts, that shes afeard of herself, sometimes. Pray, tarry with me this night, dea r husband, of all nights in the year " "My love and my Faith, " replied young Goodman Brown, "of all nights in the year, this one night must I tarry away from thee. My journey, as thou callest it, forth and spur again, must needs be done twixt now and sunrise. As a result, Goodman and his wife were fulfilling their obligations and obedience to each other.