In the story there was a tremendous amount of symbolism throughout the story. Faith wears pink ribbons in her hair which represents innocence and purity. From Goodman’s wife, Faith; at the beginning of the story Faith wanted him to stay, so when he walked away from Faith, his wife, he also walked away from his religious faith. Evil is shown through the staff, which has a snake resembled on it. The forest also represents the evil because in the era which the story was written, it was believed to be an evil place. It interesting how even if the story was a dream that it still opened Goodman’s eyes to see what people in the community were actually doing and not just what he wanted them to do.
Valid points!
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