- If we are to believe that Brown’s entire journey into the woods was a dream [“Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest, and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch-meeting? . . .”], and these experiences are only a product of his imagination, what was he supposed to learn from his experience?
- What lessons are readers supposed to learn from Brown’s experience?
- What role does religion play in Brown’s life before the “dream,” during the “dream,” and after he “wakes”?
- Is Brown as much a hypocrite as he believes the Deacon to be at the story’s end? Why or why not?
- Why doesn’t Brown remove himself from the church?
- If Brown is so appalled at his wife’s apparent involvement, why doesn’t he divorce her?
- Why is Brown’s journey described in the beginning as an “evil purpose”?
- Identify a quote that you think is significant with regard to the story’s moral or message. Explain why the quote is important and how it would effectively represent the story.
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