How is the is the dark figure’s address to the people gathered in the forest, in paragraph 64, important to the story as a whole? in young goodman brown

The figure's speech is important to the story as a whole because it exposes the  weakness of public morality at the same time that it destroys Goodman Brown's innocence.

The dark figure shows Goodman Brown and his wife Faith that all those people that they revered as godly and pure, like the town's Deacon and Goody Cloyse, a respected and pious woman, were present in the ceremony.

It reveals several sins and dark deeds these people have commited, allowing Goodman Brown to finally see the sinning nature of humanity. He renounces his naïve ideas about goodness and, now that he has seen the evil in man, he cannot trust anyone fully ever again.

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dear evan hansen is a stage musical with music and lyrics by benj pasek and justin paul, and book by steven levenson.

the musical opened on broadway at the music box theatre in december 2016, after its world premiere at the arena stage in washington, d.c., in july 2015 and an off-broadway production at second stage theatre from march to may 2016.

at the 71st tony awards, it was nominated for nine awards, winning six, including best musical, best score, best actor in a musical for ben platt, and best featured actress in a musical for rachel bay jones.

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