1) Who is Young Goodman Brown and why does he go for a walk into a wooded area outside a village? What happens when he first enters the woods? Support your answer with textual evidence.
Young Goodman Brown is a good Christian man who has just married a woman named Faith. He goes for a walk into a wooded area outside the village to meet a mysterious traveler that offers to take him to see an evil ceremony. When he is entering the woods he is scared and paranoid because he is fearful of what is in the woods. This can be interpreted when it is stated, “…he glanced fearfully behind him as he added, "What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow!".
2) describe three things that Goodman Brown sees during the night that astonish him. Cite textual evidence to support your answer.…show more content… He is astonished when Goody Cloyse recognizes Goodman Brown’s companion as the devil and that she knows him. He is astoned again when Goody Cloyse admits to being a witch and then suddenly disappears. “He had cast up his eyes in astonishment, and, looking down again, beheld neither Goody Cloyse nor the serpentine staff, but his fellow-traveler alone, who waited for him as calmly as if nothing had happened.” He comes to the realization that Goody Cloyse wasn’t as she seemed and this is expressed when he states,” ”That old woman taught me my catechism," said the young man; and there was a world of meaning in this simple comment”. The third time he is astonished is when decided to turn around and go back he hears hooves and voices speaking. ““Mighty well, Deacon Gookin!" replied the solemn old tones of the minister.” The minister says and he is astonished to find it was the minister, who also was going to the devils
