This paper will examine some of the symbols found within this narrative and decipher their possible meanings. ... This is visible in the way he uses his wife's name numerous times as an obvious reference to his own beliefs. ... Whelan agrees stating that when Brown notices the ribbons falling down from heaven he becomes aware that his faith is lost and that his virtue has been forever destroyed by wickedness (121). ... Come, devil; for to thee is this world given" (Hawthorne 741). ... Hence, the forest in this narrative is more than just a wooded area as it symbolizes something a lot ...

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Some of them have taught me my values; others have shaped my way of life. ... Would you like to come be my little girl?" ... Last but not least, we have the wicked Misfit. ... That statement alone shows how something went wrong at some point in his life and he lost all, if any morals that he might have once had. In time this sad story only went down hill. ...

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