It is also
important to consider Faith's context -- the wearing of pink ribbons by a Puritan woman (who
dressed very conservatively and avoided bright color) may be seen as an expression of joyful
innocence or the budding sexuality of a young wife (remember, she wants him to sleep beside her,
and she can barely restrain herself from kissing him in the street), but it may also be seen as
an indication that she is not a "good" Puritan, and thus serve to foreshadow her later
presence at the Black Mass.
Brown believes that because Faith is elected to
Heaven, he will be as well -- and when he sees her ribbons in the forest, that belief crumbles.
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