The story of "Young Goodman Brown" is allegorical. All the elements of this story represent abstract ideas far beyond their literal meanings. Hawthorn uses symbolism to convey the loss of innocence and the realization that evil exists all around Goodman Brown. The symbolism in his journey away from Faith, his home, and safety and into evil is obviously illustrated in the setting that Hawthorn chooses. Firstly ... , Hawthorn sets up the time period as the historically significant Salem Massachusetts of the 1690's. "And it was I that brought your father a pitch-pine knot in King Philip's War." I...

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