What do you think Hawthorne's purpose was for writing this story? To give us an advice of how good people can change real quick to evil people. Hawthorne states that Brown's wife is "aptly named" Faith. After reading the story, do you agree? Does Faith's name fit her personality? Does Brown have true faith in her? yes What do you think the pink ribbons signify? the pink ribbons is from her cap. Was everything Brown witnessed real, a figment of his imagination, something conjured by evil, or a dream? Support your answer with passages from the text. By the evil because when brown went into the woods and the little boy turn aside a lady had said ' the devil" Who do you think the old man really is? What textual clues tell you this? What does the staff represent? Do you think the staff leads Brown onward or is the primary motivator Brown's own conscience/mind? If Brown had not ventured into the forest, how would his life be different? If