... from saintly perfection. This discovery deludes the Goodman greatly. As a result, he alienates himself from his wife Faith and the community he resides in. Hawthorne's usage of allegory and symbolism in this story shows how perilous excessive pride, moral superiority, and religious zealotry can be to one's mortal existence. Young Goodman Brown is an upstanding man in the community. The use of allegory is ... from your own sin, contrasting it with their lives of righteousness and prayerful aspirations heavenward" (Hawthorne 268). This passage reveals that Brown had an unwitting knowledge...

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