Can anyone point me as to what narrative references would help me to prove that Brown can be forgiven for what he became after his trip? I have to...

One of the
themes of Hawthorne's narratives on the Puritans is the unforgiving nature of this sect.  His
novel "Scarlet Letter" and short story "" underscore this theme of the
Puritanical, sanctimonious condemnation of anyone who "sins."  As such a
sanctimonious, self-righteous Puritan--he must be judged in the
context of this Puritanism in Hawthorne's story--Goodman Brown, too, allows for no
forgiveness. Throughout the story, because of the limitations of his Puritan faith, Brown never
understands himself; instead, he perceives others as sinful and faithless. Thus, after his
"dream," he becomes

a stern, a sad, a
darkly...