Young goodman brown ?s

1. What do you think Hawthorne's purpose was for writing this story?  To show us the evil in us and that it can come out and hunt us.
2. Hawthorne states that Brown's wife is "aptly named" Faith.  After reading the story, do you agree?  Does Faith's name fit her personality?  Does Brown have true faith in her? Yes her name goes with her in the beggining but then it gets a  pretty weird and then doesnt have faith in her husband.
3. What do you think the pink ribbons signify? I think the pink ribbon signify faith and the faith that young goodman brown has.
4. Was everything Brown witnessed real, a figment of his imagination, something conjured by evil, or a dream?  Support your answer with passages from the text.
5. Who do you think the old man really is?  What textual clues tell you this? I think the old man is a demon or may I say that he is the devil. When the woman says that he is the devil or something around those lines.
6. What does the staff represent?  Do you think the staff leads Brown onward or is the primary motivator Brown's own conscience/mind? The staff represents his snake. I think the primary motive is the snake its like in ancient tale of Adam and Eve and the apple on the tree.
7. If Brown had not ventured into the forest, how would his life be different?  If he'd stayed home, would Brown still have Faith?  Would he still trust his wife and his fellow townspeople? I think it would have been the same because people eventually loss faith in other people that begin to question you.