Young Goodman Brown Faith Essay

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Levi’s depiction of Faith as an allegorical symbol of Goodman Brown’s superego coincides with the class discussion and is supported throughout this assignment. When discussing the dual interpretations of the text, being a dream or reality, both arguments have decent support. The part that is most interesting is the discussion of how Goodman Brown “wakes up” from his nightmare. Whenever people dream of falling, they wake up the moment before they collide with the ground. This is because the human mind cannot comprehend death, so before the dream enters that realm, the subconscious gives control over to the conscious mind, thus waking the sleeper. When compared to the events of “Young Goodman Brown,” one can interpret Brown’s sudden waking from his nightmare as the subconscious not knowing what would happen should Faith truly be lost forever to evil. By waking up, Brown had…show more content…
After analyzing and relating Levy’s evidence and examination of Faith, the forest, and the pink ribbons, a whole new layer to the piece had revealed itself. It makes sense that Brown would have to undergo a journey in order to muster up the courage to fulfill the final act of his marriage. Along his journey, he realizes that every man in his family before him must have performed the same ritual in order for him to exist. After giving in to his impious needs of the flesh, both he and his wife are no longer the same. He cannot look at her the same anymore since she is no longer the pure “Faith” that he married, and he can no longer go about the Puritan society as he once did due to his newfound knowledge. For a society that would frown upon a wife who would kiss “her husband before the whole village,” it is not a large leap to believe that prolonged exposure to negative opinions of intimacy could make Brown feel shame towards his act (Hawthorne,
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