... that were opposite of the way they believed people should act. It seems he did respect their beliefs, but thought they handled them inappropriately. "Even the very intensity of their faith, so admirable in a way, made them, he thought, liable to bigotry" (Waggoner 15). In most of his novels and stories, there is a strong display of the Puritan society's reaction to ... did Goodman Brown turn pale, dreading lest the roof should thunder down upon the gray blasphemer and his hearers. Often, awaking suddenly at midnight, he shrank from the bosom of faith; and at morning, or eventide, when t...

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... town making their own evil ventures through the woods. Convinced that he could conquer the wills of sin "With Heaven above, and Faith below" he stood his ground and proceeded no further. It wasn't until he heard his wife's, Faith's, scream that he realized he was alone in his battle against the devil. This realization sent him on a blasphemous rampage through the ... was open, forthright, and truthful about his feelings to the people he encountered. What would have happened if he went right up to Deacon Gookin, Goody Cloyse, or his wife, Faith, and said "Hey, what the hell was going on ...

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