Thursday, May 3, 2018

In the story "Young Goodman Brown", what do the pink ribbons symbolize?

I see the pink
ribbons symbolizing the ambivalence that Goodman Brown is experiencing in continuing his journey
further into the woods.  The color pink is created when you mix white (purity, innocence) with
red (evil, devil).  Therefore, the pink ribbons floating down from the sky when Goodman Brown is
troubled about what he is experiencing on his journey symbolizes his torment that he is
experiencing in trying to resist evil. The two colors mixing together symbolizes the
"mixing" if you will of the fight within Goodman Brown between thoughts of good and
evil.

The pink ribbons also symbolize that good and evil are mixed and
inherent in every human being as Goodman Brown realizes when his journey takes him to the
Devil's altar at the end of the story.

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