In this short story,
women are portrayed as either innocent and femininea role embodied by Goodman Brown's wife,
Faithor as sinful witches (a role embodied by Goody Cloyse and her deception). Faith wears pink
ribbons, symbolic of her femininity and innocence, and Brown even thinks of her as "'a
blessed angel on earth.'" He plans to "'cling to her skirts and follow her to
Heaven'" after this one last night of sinfulness, as he thinks of her as quite pure and
even close to the level of divine.
Later, after his experiences in the
woodand learning that she is as sinful as he is (after all, they both go to
the witches' meeting)he can no longer love or trust her. Now that he believes she fails to be
innocent and pure, he wants little to do with her. Goody Cloyse also seemed good prior to
Brown's experiences in the woods, but...
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