Questions to Think About on "Young Goodman Brown"

Where are some of the significant gaps and ambiguities of the story? Look through the story for qualifying words like "perhaps" or "maybe."

What do we not know--or know for sure--about that fateful night? For starters, why does he go to the forest? We don't get many clues....!

Why is Faith afraid at the beginning?

Who does Young Goodman Brown see on the path--or who does he think he sees? Why does he commit himself? What does he hear the Devil say? is this what he really says?) Why does he change his mind?

Is this a dream or is it real? What is the definite effect of the experience? Is the "moral" necessarily only the one stated at the end?