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Hawthorne suggests that rather than succumbing to the temptation of sin and hypocrisy, it's best to stick to faith as it will be the light in life.

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"Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset into the street at Salem village; but put his head back, after crossing the threshold, to exchange a parting kiss with his young wife." (Hawthorne 1)

Brown seems to be just your average and every day man. Not the most pure of souls but also not one corrupted by sin.

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"Well she's a blessed  angel on earth; and after this one night I'll cling to her skirts and follow her to heaven." (Hawthorne 1)

Faith is to Young Goodman Brown, his faith in god, which he believes himself attached

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"...bore the likeness of a great black snake, so curiously wrought that it might almost be seen to twist and wriggle itself like a living serpent" (Hawthorne 2).

The snake is black and it blends in with the dark woods. It was sneaky and was looking to tempt whomever from the light..

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"He had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest..." (Hawthorne 1).

The forest is where bad things occur. It was seemingly where sins happened and only immoral people went into the woods.