年轻的古德曼Young Goodman中的象征.doc

<年轻的古德曼>中的象征意义 象征意义： 1. Goodman Brown：Goodman（goodness, uprightness） Brown（pure， evil） 2. Faith： Brown’s wife，is also the faith for god that Goodman Brown hold at the beginning of the trip. "With Heaven above, Faith below, I will yet stand firm against the devil."? "My Faith is gone!" "There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! For th thee is this world given." 3. the fellow-traveler： The fellow-traveler constantly seduced Brown to go into the forest and participate in the evil party.? when the "pious old lady saw the traveller, she screamed 'The devil!'"? the traveller is obviously the "devil".? the devil bears a considerable resemblance to Brown."I have been as well acquainted with your family as with ever a one among the Puritans"? These indicates the evil exists in people's heart and people are evil in nature. 4. night Night always represents something bad and depraved. And is always associated with mystery, temptation and crime. 5. the dark forest? The fellow-traveler constantly seduces Brown to the forest.? symbolizes resident of devil, that is hell? Before he met the fellow-traveller or, the devil. Brown was taking "a dreary road,darkened by all the gloomist trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through" And the roads "closed immediately behind", there is no doubt that Brown can no longer return to the state of innocence. 6. the village? The village is a counterpart of the dark forest, which is under control of human and the rule. symbolizes the rule of the society and the spirit.? The aim of employing of the dark forest and the bright town is to show the short distance between good and evil. 7. the pink ribbon? Pink combines red, which is the sign of enthusiasm, and white, which stands for purity and innocence. Therefore, without denying, the pink ribbon is a symbol of good and kindness The pink ribbon has appeared three times in the story. ? The first time, the pink ribbon was playing with the wind(P