is a name that presents the character as a good moralistic man that at all costs resists temptation. Goodman Browns wife, Faith, has a name that assists in illustrating the downfall of Goodman Brown. After seeing Faith in the forest, Goodman Brown cries, My Faith is gone!(323). His wife, Faith was gone along with his spiritual faith. We first see Goodman Brown as a moral Puritan man, and after loosing his faith he becomes the opposite. Young Goodman Brown has a theme of Puritan nature as well. People often dwell on lifes uncertainties so much that they loose the ability to enjoy life. Goodman Brown had a curiosity that made him travel into the wicked forest. His uncertainty of the townspeoples satanic ceremony, whether it was dreamed or actually happened, drastically changed his life. The once naive Goodman Brown was now a sour angry man. Often, awakening suddenly at midnight, he shrank from the bosom of Faith, and at morning or eventide, when the family knelt down at prayer, he scowled, and muttered to himself, and gazed sternly at his wife, and turned away(328). The negative development of Goodman Brown is summed up with for his dying hour was gloom(328).The Puritan influence of Young Goodman Brown is evident in setting, allegory, and theme. The setting shows the evil perceptions the Puritans had about the forest and gives historical insight to Puritanism through Salem Village. Allegory is used to show Goodman Browns loss of belief. The theme of Young Goodman Brown shows the cause and effect of Goodman Browns downfall. Through understanding the Puritan religion, we begin to notice religious influence in all literary elements of the story....
