To
answer your question as to whetherhas blackness in his soul when he begins his journey, we only
have to look at his farewell conversation with his wife, Faith, who implores him not to go on
this journey at night:
"Poor little Faith!"
thought he, for his heart smote him. "What a wretch am I to leave her on such an errand!
She talks of dreams, too. Methought as she spoke there was trouble in her face, as if a dream
had warned her what work is to be done tonight. But no, no; 't would kill her to think it. Well,
she's a blessed angel on earth; and after this one night I'll cling to her skirts and follow her
to heaven."
Brown's journey violates all beliefs
and reason that he should be exercising at this point. First, a Puritan going unarmed and alone
into the forest at night is an invitation to be killed by the Native Americans who not only live
in the forest but are considered, by virtue of their "barbaric" nature, to be allied
with Satan. A typical Puritan would not...
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