Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown": A True Romance VS. Young Goodman Brown

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departing his wife, Goodman Brown
states to the mysterious man he meets in the forest, that "Faith kept [him]
back awhile." This means that although both his wife, Faith, and his own
faith delay him, they cannot stop him and thus aren't more important than
committing this deed.
Furthermore, there is no evidence of his trust for her in the
marriage. Immediately after witnessing a pink ribbon fluttering down onto
the branch of a tree, Young Goodman Brown cries out, " my Faith is gone!"
By this statement, Goodman means that his wife has physically gone over to
the devil and that his faith in her is gone. This, thereby proves the
absence of trust in his wife. When he does see Faith in the forest, he
yells to her to resist the devil, but is unsure of her ultmate decision.
Therefore, upon his return to town, Hawthorne writes after that night, he
"shrank from the bosom of Faith." Goodman isn't even able to determine
whether or not Faith has chosen the right path. Once and for all, ...

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