Young Goodman Brownby Hawthome exemplifies the power of blackness in society in general. What is the metaphorical meaning of Brown's experience in the woods?
Metaphorically, the protagonist of the tale becomes an Everyman named Brown."young man, who will be aged in one night by an adventure that makes everyone in this world a fallen idol . However, we as readers feel that Hawthome poses the question cf Good and Evil in man but withholds his answer. We do not know the night of trial are real or the mere figment of dream.
