Young Good Man Brown

"Young Goodman Brown", by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is an allegorical story just like Hawthorne's another allegorical novel, the Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne's writing style appears to be the same in both "Young Goodman Brown" and the Scarlet Letter. For instance, Hawthorne leaves us ambiguity in the end for both stories. For "Young Goodman Brown", he does not let us know if Brown's whole trip with the Devil is a dream or reality. Scarlet Letter, at the same …

…doesn't realize that he also accompanies with the Devil when Brown is accusing it is his spiritual advisor's fault to go with the Devil. Moreover, he blames his wife going to the Devil's ceremony while he doesn't even recognize he is also part of the ceremony. Therefore, it is important to look at ourselves before we make any judgements, so we will not follow Brown's wrong path that he only acknowledges the existence of good.