In "Young Goodman Brown", if Young Goodman Brown, as the pious Puritan he is, knows he is setting out on an evil errand, why does he go? This is the...

This is a really
fascinating question and one
which has troubled me as well. You are right in identifying that
there is no
real "reason" established fordeciding to go into the woods and meet with
the
Devil. The only reason that I can come up with is that this is Young Goodman Brown's
last
frolic with evil before settling down for the rest of his life as a good
Puritan. Note what he
says to himself as he leaves Faith who is
reluctant...