Religion During Puritan Times in Young Goodman Brown by Hawthorne

If a person is convinced of his religion it will not cause anything to be lost. Unfortunately, Goodman Brown did not have a firm belief in Christ, eventually turned away from the church. Goodman Brown grew up in a Christian church and was taught by Christ, but he never believed in his religion. This story tells the reader that even the most religious people do not have faith due to their temptation and awkward human nature.

"Young Goodman Brown" is full of fable about Puritan 's religion. The name of the character of "Young Goodman Brown" is the deepest example of parable stories affected by Puritanism. The name of the hero's Goodman Brown is not just a name. For example, the name "Goodman Brown" depicts this role as a kind moral character. Goodman Brown's wife, Faith, has a name that will help to explain the collapse of Goodman Brown. After seeing the faith in the forest, Goodman Brown cried out, "My faith has disappeared!" (323). His wife, faith disappeared with his spiritual beliefs. We first saw that Goodman Brown is a moral Puritan.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" is a story of a man named Goodman Brown who has a strong Puritan faith. Goodman Brown brought his wife to the depths of the forest with faith in a dark night led by strangers. Goodman Brown held several secret gatherings in the forest and some of his villagers were there. At this point in the story, Goodman Brown discovered that he solved the hidden part of the villagers' life and was in the light. "Tonight you should inform you of their secret behaviors ..." (946)

Young Goodman Brown knew that it infringed on his Puritan religion, and went into the forest to face the devil. On the way to Goodman Brown, he concealed when Goody Cloyse and Deacon Goukin walked through the forest. Goodman Brown seems to care more about what other people think about his beliefs, not the fact that he decided to meet the devil that night. When Goodman Brown found that his wife, Face, Goody Kroos, and Deacon Gookin were both devils, he decided to join the devil soon. Goodman Brown imitated the beliefs of the surrounding people and weakened faith. Hawthorn says that Puritan society places emphasis on public morality and that it weakens private religion.