Literal meaning vs. figurative meaning

Brown leaves his wife to go on a journey... Her name was

WHAT IS REALLY BEING REPRESENTED IS HIS PURITAN

IN HER HAIR, FAITH WEARS PINK

THESE RIBBONS SYMBOLIZE HIS FAITH'S

GOODMAN TRAVELS ON A VERY

THIS ROAD IS LEADING HIM AWAY FROM HIS

ON HIS JOURNEY, BROWN MEETS HIS

THIS PERSON IS ACTUALLY THE

THIS ENTIRE JOURNEY TAKES PLACE IN THE

IS THE REST OF THE WORLD OUTSIDE HIS RELIGION

BROWN PICKS UP A BRANCH TO USE AS A

SHRIVELS UP AND DIES WHEN HE HOLDS IT

THAT NATURE HATES PURITANS

DURING HIS TRAVELS, HE COMES ACROSS

ALL HELPED HIM GROW WITH HIS FAITH

THEY ARE IN THE FOREST WORSHIPPING

THIS REPRESENTS PURITANS AS

LATER , YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN FINDS THE

THAT SHOWS HIM THAT HIS FAITH IS