The Apologue Of Faith And Faith - 979 Words

The Apologue of Faith and faith Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown (1835), is a primary prototype of an allegory. There are populous references to Faith in the symbolic oriented composition, but there is an underlying connotation of Faith. Hawthorne introduces the reader to a newlywed couple, Young Goodman Brown and Faith, as the wife is aptly named. The significance of the wife’s name and the religious references to faith will be explicated accordingly. â€Å"Poor little Faith.† (Hawthorne 234), is more symbolic than a supposed character, however, the quote conveys her as a character to evoke the allegorical context. Faith is symbolic of actual faith due to the way Brown spiels about her: â€Å"Is that any reason why I should quit my Faith†¦show more content†¦These key lines in the work serve as the turning point of the short story, it is also interesting to note that Brown does not realize that it is all a dream, until it is too late for him. The transition signifies Brown’s squandered love for his wife, and it is evident through his lack of affection for her and spiels about her. â€Å"Faith! Faith!† â€Å"Look up to Heaven, and resist the Wicked One!† (Hawthorne 239). Brown is going to attempt to salvage what is left of his marriage by trying to get Faith to resist the devil’s temptations, but if she obeyed he did not know. According to Bible hub it states in the book of Genesis, chapter three, verse one, that the devil tempts Eve to taste the forbidden fruit, in return insulting God’s will. When the devil has Faith in his grasp, like Eve she crumbles under the pressure according to Brown. The serpent also represents both Eve and Brown’s inquisitive characters, which leads them to the temptation of the devil’s reign in this dream. â€Å"Often, awaking suddenly at midnight, he shrank from the bosom of Faith, and at morning or eventide, when the family knelt down in prayer; he scowled and muttered to himself, and gazed sternly at his wife and turned away. (Hawthorne 240). Here Hawthorne transitions again to Brown’s changed life after the dream and the above quote