young goodman brown questions

What do you think Hawthorne's purpose was for writing this story?
S:To talk about how the devil symbolizes everyday life? Or how we have to face reality in different perspective on how we face our daily lives with good and bad dreams.


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?
S:The story revolves around her being a innocent person during the beginning but as you keep reading on talks about a lot of devil's and purification which means Faith Purity disappeared and he lost faith in faith. Weird

What do you think the pink ribbons signify?
S:It symbolizes faith and the faith of Goodman brown most likely because I got this context that lead me to this idea ,

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.
S:I believe most of this was a dream cause is awaken or the text say's "Whether  Faith obeyed, he knew not. Hardly had he spoken, when he found himself amid calm night and solitude, listening to a roar of the wind, which died heavily away through the forest. He staggered against the rock, and felt it chill and damp, while a hanging twig, that had been all on fire, besprinkled his cheek with the coldest dew." but this isn't fully supported because he staggered on a rock and then fell asleep but he was in a dark forest which are many shadow shape figures maybe he had some kinda religion phobia?

Who do you think the old man really is?  What textual clues tell you this?
S: quoted in Young Goodman Brown "The devil "  The traveler put forth his staff, and touched her withered neck with what seemed the serpent's tail.
"The devil!" screamed the pious old lady."

What does the staff represent?  Do you think the staff leads Brown onward or is the primary motivator Brown's own conscience/mind?
S:"Accordingly, the young man turned aside, but took care to watch his companion, who advanced softly along the road, until he had come within a staff's length of the old dame. She, meanwhile, was making the best of her way, with singular speed for so aged a woman, and mumbling some indistinct words, a prayer, doubtless, as she went. The traveler put forth his staff, and touched her withered neck with what seemed the serpent's tail." It represents a serpent in a metaphor as  a staff. Brown's motivation would eventually lead him to being evil or accepting evil.

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
S:Yes he would've trusted everybody because he believed dearly in his wife and her faith and he believed the puritan's were fully religious.