Essay on Symbolism and Double Meaning in Hawthornes Young Goodman Brow

Young Goodman Brown  Symbolism and Double Meaning   Young Goodman Brown is definitely a invention with several meanings and images. As I was reading this report card I was overwhelmed with the visual and technical images that Hawthorne projected. There was so much symbolism and double meanings in the story that I believe everyone in the class was confused at one point or another. Seemingly to the degree that they re-read the story a second eon just to try and fill themselves with the actual vision of the reading. One question that always seems to plague classes about this story (both eng372 and other classes that I have go to in which YGB was read) is the actual meaning of Goodman Browns wifes name Faith. The double meaning really sends the reader into a whirlwind of symbolism in which if analyzed enough could probably fill an entire classroom hour. Most of the class seemed to believe that her name suggests a faith in religion or a faith in ones self and not a name that is given. My interpretation is that faith, in relation to the wifes name, represents YGBs ...