Young Goodman Brown
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Young Goodman Brown
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All Themes The Hypocrisy of Puritanism Losing Faith and Innocence Nature and the Supernatural Saints vs. Sinners Family and Individual Choice
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All Characters Goodman Brown Faith The Devil Goodman Brown’s Father
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All Symbols Faith’s pink ribbons The devil’s serpent staff
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Young Goodman Brown

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Hagen, Anna. "Young Goodman Brown." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 17 Aug 2015. Web. 5 Dec 2019.

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Hagen, Anna. "Young Goodman Brown." LitCharts LLC, August 17, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/young-goodman-brown.

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