How does Hawthorne illustrate hypocrisy in "Young Goodman Brown" of the Puritans? Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"

, the
contrast between what is expected and what actually happens or is said, appears in its different
forms throughout Hawthorne's story, "."  In fact, even the title of this story is
ironic, representing from the beginning the hypocrisy often found in the Puritan. Here are some
examples:

• After telling Faith that he will just go out this one
  night, "With this excellent resolve for the future, Goodman Brown feels himself justified
  in making more haste on his present evil purpose."  In his Puritan sanctimony, Brown thinks
  nothing will happen to him when he attends the black mass in the forest.


• When the old man calls to him, Brown explains that "Faith kept me back a
  while."  At the end of the story, Brown, who has admitted to abandoning his faith, sees all
  others as faithless.
• Goodman Brown tells his...