... associates with and trusts. The person he meets in the woods, known as the "fellow traveler", is certainly the devil since he travels from Boston to Salem, in fifteen minutes. This person also tries to tempt Goodman Brown into a lot of things. Goodman Brown cares a lot about his wife, Faith. She means the world to him. Her importance to him ... ...
... then walks by Goodman's side. It is not mentioned that this man is devil but "the clock of Old South was striking, as I came through Boston; and that is full fifteen minutes ago", interpreting that has supernatural power to move faster than normal humans. He also has a staff in the shape of black snake, the symbol of darkness and evil. Goodman fallows ... ...
... the readers may follow. Goodman Brown is lurking into evil. This also means that the leader, the stranger could have supernatural powers as he traveled from Boston to Salem in fifteen minutes. Then the forest contains the tree where the devil-like character sits under. The reader may suggest that it is the tree of good and evil as Young Goodman Brown ... ...
