Are Goodman Brown's experiences reality or a dream?

I'm not sure
there is a definite answer to this question, and it depends on how you look at it. There are
definitely dream-like qualities throughout the story. There is one point during the story that
the reader could assume that Goodman Brown has fallen asleep. It is after he decides not to go
further with the "devil" and sits on a stump

applauding himself greatly, and thinking with how clear a conscience he should meet the minister
in his...