He begins to call out her name, but to no avail, his rants are merelymimicked by the echoes of the forest, as if his cries just floated away. A pink ribbon flies throughthe air and Goodman grabs it. At this moment, he has lost all faith in the world and declares thatthere is "no good on earth." Young Goodman Brown in this scene is easily manipulated by thepower of suggestion. The suggestion that the woman in question is his Faith, and because of this,he easily loses his faith. Goodman Brown then loses all of his inhibitions and begins to laugh insanely. He takeshold of the staff which causes him to "fly along the forest path". Hawthorne at this point remarksabout "the instinct that guides mortal man to evil". This is a direct statement from the author thathe believes that man's natural inclination is to lean to evil than good. Goodman Brown had at thispoint lost his faith in God, therefore there was nothing restraining his instincts from movingtowards evil because his marvelous image of society was shattered. At this point, GoodmanBrown goes mad and challenges evil. He feels that he will be the downfall of evil and that he isstrong enough to overcome it all. He believes that he is better than everyone else in that he alonecan destroy evil. Finally Brown comes upon the ceremony which is setup like a perverted Puritan temple. The altar was a rock in the middle of the congregation and there were four trees surrounding thecongregation with their tops ablaze, like candles. A red light rose and fell over the congregationwhich cast a veil of evil over the congregation, the devil worshippers. He takes notice of all thefaces that he sees in the service and he recognizes them all, but he then realizes that he does notsee Faith and "hope came into his heart". The ceremony then begins with a a cry to "Bring forth the converts!" SurprisinglyGoodman Brown steps forward. "He had no power to retreat one step, nor to resist, even inth...
