Young Goodman Brown

"Too Far"

GB says I am the first evil of my family

Sins of the father

But he was not the first

this portrays him as naive, silly, unarmed against the Devil

"Wickedness or not" P.describes the hypocracy of the town

Goody Cloyce

Broomstick stolen

staff was lended to her

she taught GB his sunday school

"A world of meaning"

his religion began with evil

white was tainted with red which led to pink

GB had a previous relationsip with the Devil

"Heaven above, faith below"

faith is almost gone at this point

actions speak louder than words

"I will follow skirt of Faith into Heaven after I finish sinning"

"Faith is gone"

Foreshadowed by darkness, pink ribbons

the dark cloud goes down the path

"to thee this world is given"

the decietfulness of sin

sin which so easily beset us

"they turned; flashing forth"

Baptism into sin begins

the Devil says you think you are "pure" but have always been evil

they will know the "state secrets" after baptized

the list of sins

"one stain of guilt"

enough to make white tainted with red into pink

1st Climax = No hope

"resist the evil one" = hope

leads to 2nd Climax = No hope

"whether faith obeyed he knew not"

aka Anti-Climax = decline

leaves the reader wondering if it were a dream

nevertheless, GB died without faith

At what point is GB lost?

When is it too late for anyone?

Is GB lost?

Can anyone be lost forever?

the trees close behine him

But he is not lost at this pt.

His resolve was to return

Faith compelled him to stay

But his faith was already at the pt. of sin

He is lost when he says "my faith is gone"

Yes

e. He becomes cynical of all others

Make this a general agrument for all people

See the end of the story

No

Deacon Goody

tells about others going

tells their sin