Essay on Symbols, Symbolism, and Allegory in Hawthornes Young Goodman

Symbols, Symbolism, and Allegory in Hawthornes young person Goodman BrownSymbolism is a literary technique that is used to wrap up the authors intent. Sometimes it is used to great effect, while other times it scarce seems to muddle the meaning of a passage. In Young Goodman Brown, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses objects and people as symbols to allegorically reveal his message to the reader. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses different people as symbols throughout Young Goodman Brown. The largest symbolic roles in the grade are goodman Brown and his married woman Faith. Both of the characters names are symbolic and representative of their personalities. With Heaven to a higher place and Faith below, I will stand firm against the devil cried goodman Brown, is entirely one of many quotes that directly relates goodman Browns personality with his name (189). Goodman Brown is actually a good man. Faith, goodman Browns wife, also has a name that is indicative of her nature. The story directly supp orts this point in the phrase Faith, as the wife was ably named . . . (184). Faith is persistent in trying to keep goo...