Symbolism in Young Goodman Brown
Hawthorne uses many symbols in his allegory, "Young Goodman Brown. ... The name Young Goodman Brown signifies a naive, immature mand who is basically good, but is on the fence about his faith so he is not all white or all black, but a muddy brown. ... The Devil leaves the twig staff with Brown in case he changes his mind and decides to join the unholy congregation in the forest.