Questions and Answers: Give brief answers to each of the followi

Questions and Answers: Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English.Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” is often read as a conventional allegory. What does the work symbolically concern?
【正确答案】：

A. THE UNDERLYING MESSAGE IS THAT EVERYONE POSSESSES SOME EVIL SECRET.

B.  THE STORY IS OFTEN READ AS A CONVERSATIONAL ALLEGORY IN THE SENSE THAT YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN IS EVERYMAN, AND HIS JOURNEY TO THE DARK FOREST AND HIS ENCOUNTER WITH THE DEVIL ARE SYMBOLIC OF MAN'S LIFE JOURNEY FROM INNOCENCE TO KNOWLEDGE, FROM GOOD TO EVIL.

C.  FAITH, IF TAKEN AS AN ALLEGORICAL FIGURE, IS THE INCARNATION OF CHRISTIAN BELIEF.

【题目解析】：A. The underlying message is that everyone possesses some evil secret. B. The story is often read as a conversational allegory in the sense that Young Goodman Brown is everyman, and his journey to the dark forest and his encounter with the devil are symbolic of man's life journey from innocence to knowledge, from good to evil. C. Faith, if taken as an allegorical figure, is the incarnation of Christian belief.