Nathaniel Hawthorne is an American writer of the nineteenth-century Romantic movement. Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and this is the place he used as the setting for some of his works: such as "The Scarlett Letter", "the Blithedale Romance" and "Young Goodman Brown". In writing, Hawthorne was known for his use of allegory and symbolism, which made his stories a joy to read for all. Hawthorne is said to have been the first American writer to realize modern man's failure to realize his full capacity for moral growth. His stories contain much of the life he knew as a child growing up in a Puritan society. As Hawthorne's writing continued, it was filled with the same amount of sin and evil as his earlier writings. The evil that was revealed through his works. “Young Goodman Brown” is said to be one of the best stories Hawthorne ever wrote (Adams70). “The Marble Faun: and “The Scarlett Letter were some of the other stories written by Hawthorne, and were said to be “Young Goodman Brown” aged. In this selection there is a question of maturity for Goodman Brown and whether he is good or bad. There is also a transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. This tale in particular has a feeling of adultery, betrayal and deceit as in some of his other works. Richard P. Adams said that “young Goodman Brown” was a seed for nearly all of his best work that followed (Adams 71). The use of symbolism in "Young Goodman Brown" shows that evil is everywhere, which becomes evident in the conclusion of this short story. Hawthorne's works are full of symbolic elements and allegorical elements. "Young Goodman Brown" deals mainly with conventional allegorical elements, such as Young Goodman Brown and Faith. In writing his short stories or novels he based the portrayal of sin on the fact that he feels as if his father and grandfather had committed great sins. There are two main characters in this tale, Faith and Young Goodman Brown. "Young Goodman Brown is a seventeenth-century New England everyman, the title as usual providing the clue. He is the son of Old Adam and recently married to Faith. We should note that every word is significant in the opening sentence: " Young Goodman Brown went out at dusk into Sale Street, Village; but he threw back his head, after crossing the threshold, to exchange a farewell kiss with his young wife.