What Is The Difference Between The Devil And Goodman Brown Devil
Goodman Brown was so deeply shaken by just the thought that the good Christians he attended church with on Sunday, could really be consorting with the devil. Goodman Brown was in a state of disbelief when his traveling companion told him that his father and grandfather, whom Goodman Brown had described as “honest men and good Christians” were also acquaintances of his. “My father never went into the woods on such an errand, nor his father before him” he had been sure of. However, the breaking point for Goodman Brown that night was seeing the pink ribbons of his wife's hat. The thought that his pure and sweet wife Faith, could be corrupted by the devil and that she might choose to partake in such wicked acts was more than Goodman Brown could
take. If he could not trust his wife “an angel on earth” then no one could be trusted. Therefore, after returning from the woods, he wasn’t able to even look at his neighbors without seeing the devil. Even though he had likewise been in the woods that night, Goodman Brown quickly condemned his neighbors for what he thought he had witnessed, his hypocrisy magnified by the fact that the events most likely only occurred in his head. Goody Cloyse, his former catechism teacher, whom he originally referred to as “a very pious and exemplary dame” he now called an old wretch before he snatches a child from her wicked grasp. Goodman Brown snubbed the minister and even shunned his own wife when she came to welcome him home. He made the choice to believe the worst about the community he once believed to be “good Christians “and ultimately alienated himself from his family and community without having any proof his adventure in the woods actually happened. Goodman Brown allowed this experience to alter his view of the world for the rest of his life. “whether dream or reality—causes him to lose his faith in others and die an unhappy man.” In present society, it's easy to become disillusioned with the world when Most are not what they claim to be, especially when it is someone that is in a public position or is considered to be an example of high moral character. It becomes a personal choice to let the evil we are exposed to every day make us hard and distrustful like Goodman Brown or to remain hopeful and try to see the good where ever it can be found.
take. If he could not trust his wife “an angel on earth” then no one could be trusted. Therefore, after returning from the woods, he wasn’t able to even look at his neighbors without seeing the devil. Even though he had likewise been in the woods that night, Goodman Brown quickly condemned his neighbors for what he thought he had witnessed, his hypocrisy magnified by the fact that the events most likely only occurred in his head. Goody Cloyse, his former catechism teacher, whom he originally referred to as “a very pious and exemplary dame” he now called an old wretch before he snatches a child from her wicked grasp. Goodman Brown snubbed the minister and even shunned his own wife when she came to welcome him home. He made the choice to believe the worst about the community he once believed to be “good Christians “and ultimately alienated himself from his family and community without having any proof his adventure in the woods actually happened. Goodman Brown allowed this experience to alter his view of the world for the rest of his life. “whether dream or reality—causes him to lose his faith in others and die an unhappy man.” In present society, it's easy to become disillusioned with the world when Most are not what they claim to be, especially when it is someone that is in a public position or is considered to be an example of high moral character. It becomes a personal choice to let the evil we are exposed to every day make us hard and distrustful like Goodman Brown or to remain hopeful and try to see the good where ever it can be found.