What is a good topic to analyze in an essay on Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"?

There
are several interesting possibilities for an essay on "," a short story that has
intrigued literary critics since its publication.

A standard, but
interesting, subject for analysis is Hawthorne's use of symbols in the story.  For example,
Goodman Brown's wife, Faith, and her pink ribbons are very interesting subjects to analyze in
the context of Brown's own faith.  Other symbols that yield interesting essays are
such...