young gooodman brown symbols

1. faiths pink ribbon
it symbolizes purity and innocence.
when she is wearing this band it she sees no evil hears no evil and speaks no evil

2. the old man
it symbolizes the devils presence
this symbol shows how he was pursaded by evil to continue into

3. the staff with serpents
it symbolizes  temptation
when brown was to tired to go onthe staff forced him beyond his will to continue

4.the trees
it symbolizes darkness
the darkness of the forest shows an evil eirre setting

5. the story itself
it symbolizes good and evil

6.the meeting
it symbolizes knowledge that sometimes you dont hant to have

7.the witch trial
it symbolizes hell
the whole town was there watching people burn and being accepted into there cult

8. the pink ribbon floating in the forest
it symbolizes browns loss of faith
when goodman brown sees the ribbon floating away he states that all faith is lost for good on the earth