Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, deals with the temptations and curiosity of evil. It is still unknown whether Goodman Brown's experience is real or imaginary. Goodman Brown represents human beings confronted with temptation because he wants to enter a dark forest of sin to help satisfy his curiosity about evil occurences and maybe even to take part in them. The man who meets Brown in the forest represents the devil. I believe this story is symbolic of the story of Adam and Eve. Adam was enticed similary like Goodman by a serpent to deal wit forbidden evils. Like Adam, he suffers a great fall from innocence.