Goodman Brown

This is written beautifully!  It is written so romantically even though the story itself is far from it. Foreshadowing occurs the very beginning when he says goodbye to his wife Faith.  She tells him to stay one more night, because she has had bad dreams about him, so something bad is going to happen because the woman is usually right.  Also her name, Faith probably has some meaning to it, usually names are the biggest hints in stories.  When he is in the forest and is scared the devil could be near.. Then arrives the old man, with the serpent cane.  Those 2 things clicked to me for a moment because Satan was a serpent in the bible, so why did this man have a can that looked like a serpent?  Because he is the devil! Goody Cloyse says so.  The devil works in mysterious ways, he temps people everyday!  Goodman Brown really doesn't want to go attend the devil's meeting, but when he thinks Faith is there, he gives in. This story points out that everyone is tempted by the devil, everyone sins.  Goodman Brown seems to be judging every hardcore when he returns to the village, and that isn't very Godly or Christan.  Brown lets the Devil win him over in the end, because he is such a different person.  He seems to hate everyone, and only sees the evil in them.  Though everyone is trying their best everyday to be full of God, Goodman sees them as fake.  The devil has Goodman's soul, till the day he died.