Young Goodman Brown 1). Try to summarize “Young Goodman Brown” witha tidy moral. Is it possible? What makes this story complex?2)What is the significance of Goodman Brown’s name?3) What is the symbolic value of the forest in this story? How are the descriptions of the forest contrasted with those of Salem village?4)Characterize Goodman Brown at the beginning of the story. Why does he go into the forest? What does he mean when he says “Faith kept me back a while” (para. 12)?5)What does Goodman Brown discover in the forest? What does he come to think of his ancestors, the church and state, Goody Cloyse, and even his wife?6) Near the end of the story the narrator asks, “Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch-meeting?” (para. 71). Was it a dream, or did the meeting actually happen? How does the answer to this question affect your reading of the story? Arts & Humanities English