... as thou callest it, forth and back again, must needs be done "twixt now and sunrise"" (Hawthorne 1207). Goodman Brown feels that something inside him needs to go on this journey but he goes "on his journey with a guilty conscience" (Martin 85). There is a reason why he consciously feels like he ... from Faith, and his faith, it becomes harder for him to find his way back. The forest, in the story, is a symbol for Goodman Brown's conscience, which includes the roots of all his perceptions. As he makes his way into the forest, "Brown seems in the grip of some compulsion over which ... bo...

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