Does the character Faith really bear faith Discuss NU Nathaniel Hawthorne s - Young Goodman Brown is a symbolic story The name Faith carries double meaning She is Goodman Brown s wife But she also stands for spiritual belief The story shows how losing Faith means losing both wife and religious faith Faith as a Loving Wife Faith is first shown as a gentle wife She wears pink ribbons which stand for innocence and purity She begs her husband not to go to the forest She says Prithee put off your journey until sunrise This shows her care and love Faith wants Brown to stay safe at home Here she bears real human faith because she wants goodness Faith as Symbol of Belief Faith is more than a wife She is the symbol of religious belief When her ribbon falls from the sky Brown cries My Faith is gone This