Goodman Brown is very naïve. Goodman Brown thinks everyone in town is good and pure, including his wife, Faith, with the pink ribbons. He calls Faith “a blessed angel on earth”(379) and says after his journey, he will not leave her again until death separates them. Goodman Brown also demonstrates naivety when he thinks that he is the only one that has searched for evil in the forest. He says “My father never went into the woods on such an errand, nor his father before him. We have been a race of honest men and good Christians, since the days of the martyrs. And shall I be the first of the name of Brown, that ever took this path”(380). Goodman Brown says that his family were a prayerful people and would not “abide no such wickedness”(380).

Young Goodman Brown’s name is very important to the person he is, as well as the person he becomes. Each of the three parts of Young Goodman Brown’s name has meaning of their own. Young, for example, is symbolic to his age. He says, “What, my swe

Remaining characters in the story such as Deacon Gookin and Goody Cloyse also have significant meanings to their names. Both characters share an important role in their community. Their names illustrate how much they are admired in society. When Young Goodman Brown travels into the dark, he finds himself face to face with the devil. The devil suggest that Brown’s family as well as the spiritual leaders of Salem village are not the virtuous Puritans they portray in the daylight; in fact Deacon Gookin and Goody Cloyse are partaking in the sinful actions of the night. This is shown when the devil “pointed his staff at a female figure on the path, in whom Goodman Brown recognized a very pious and exemplary dame, who had taught him catechism in youth, and was still his moral and spiritual adviser, jointly with the minister and Deacon Gookin” (381). Ironically, Goodman Brown learns that despite the status their names hold, “good” people sometimes do “evil” things.

Faith’s name not only is fitting to her character but also goes beyond to symbolize the Christian faith. When Young Goodman Brown talks of his Faith, it is not clear as to which faith he is referring to. In the passage, “My love and my Faith, of all nights in the year, this one night much I tarry away from thee,”(378) shows Goodman Brown’s physical departure from his

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