t on such an errand" (p. 103). In reality, Young Goodman Brown's father has walked the very same path, beside the man carrying the serpent. In fact, all of the highly moral people of the town walk in the forest at night. Among the devil worshippers are "faces that would be seen the next day at the council board of the province, and others which, Sabbath after Sabbath, looked devoutly heavenward" (p. 109). Deacon Gookin, who preaches from the pulpit about righteousness, is the leader of the Devil worship, and Goody Cloyse who teaches the catechism too walks the dark path. It seems that in this town of fraudulent Puritans, no one is immune to the power of the dark one. No one, that is but Young Goodman Brown, for he alone has his Faith.As Young Goodman Brown continues down the dark path, he is continually searching for his lost Faith. His Faith would not allow him to enter such a dark forest where the Devil reigns as king. He screams for Faith in agony and desperation, but the echoes of the forest mock him, and something flutters "lightly down through the air and caught on the branch of a tree" (p. 107). It is a pink ribbon; the last remnant of Young Goodman Brown's lost Faith. The pink ribbon in a literal sense proves that Young Goodman Brown's wife is lost in the forest, for her hair is always adorned with "pretty pink ribbons." The fact that it is being tossed upon the wind is symbolic of Young Goodman Brown's inner faith, which has been blown away the moment he entered the Devil's playground. Seeing the pink ribbon float down and catch upon the branch of a tree, Young Goodman Brown is aware that his inner Faith has deserted him and he proclaims "My Faith is gone! There is no good on earth: and sin is but a name. Come, devil; for to thee is this world given" (p. 107).Coming upon the burning alter of the Devil, Young Goodman Brown recognizes "a score of the church members of Salem village famous for their especial sancti...
