My essay essay

 The theme he is trying to communicate is guilt because young Goodman brown is losing his faith in humanity. He was walking in the dark around the forest and found himself with evil things. The man with the serpent headed staff is portrayed as evil and he gets suspicious about the things that are around him. Which then he sees his wife, but she didn't seem normal and he was starting to lose faith until he no longer saw them. He "woke up" looking at a clear blue sky.