1. Young Goodman Brown

2. Allegory- A piece of literature with two or more levels of meaning
Allegory- A piece of literature with two or more levels of meaning. Symbolism usually occurs in the characters, settings, and events of the literary piece.

3. Characters
Young Goodman Brown
Events
Settings

4. Characters
Young Goodman Brown
Events
Settings

5. Young Goodman Brown Characters Events Settings Faith Minor Characters
Traveler
Young Goodman Brown
Leaves Faith
Forest
Events
Settings
Meets with traveler
Town
Night

6. Allegory ---Characters
Young Goodman Brown:
Every young, common, good man
Faith:
Spiritual faith; morality;
Traveler:
Devil

7. Allegory- Settings
Forest:
Evil
Village:
Puritan law; holiness
Night:

8. Symbolism in objects Pink ribbons: Faith Color Pink:
mix of purity and sin
white & red (white=purity; red=sin)

9. Allegory---Events Leaves wife: Leaves faith Goes on an journey
Initiation into evil
Meets traveler
With the devil
Sees good people are not good
Baptism into evil (hypocrisy) in the world
Ribbons fall from tree
Loss of Faith (his wife); loss of Goodman Brown’s spiritual faith
Returns home bitter and withdrawn
Bitterness and guilt as a result of sin (evil)

10. Theme
A theme is an overall main idea that can be applied throughout the story. What is the theme of Young Goodman Brown?
All men are sinners and live hypocritical lives.
All men are sinners, yet sin can be separating and damaging to man.