Young Goodman Brown Ambiguity is the vagueness or uncertainty of meaning or intention. In ?Young Goodman Brown,? there are several ambiguities that make this story a little confusing to the reader: the setting, being in Salem Village; Goodman Brown?s wife, Faith; the pink ribbons from her cap; the traveler and the journey itself. This type of story can be a bit confusing to the reader but will really make him or her think about …showed first 75 words of 824 total…

…showed last 75 words of 824 total…wife or was it his faith in God? What did the pink ribbons really symbolize? Was the traveler a mortal man or was he Satan? Was the journey real or was it only a dream? The story, which may have been a dream, and not a real life event, planted the seed of doubt in Brown?s mind, which consequently cut him off from his fellow man and leaves him a miserable and bitter man.