Symbols from ‘Young Goodman Brown’

Prompt: Select two symbols from “Young Goodman Brown” (object or character who signifies, or stands for, something else). Identify the symbol and explain what each represents.

What do you feel is Hawthorne’s overall message in conveying this story? Is the story meant to be taken literally? Figuratively? Both?

Read the given excerpt and find two symbols.

Shouldn’t really take long or be long, like a paragraph or two explanation of each symbol for the 2nd prompt.