How does the opening of this story echo a common biblical storyline?

a) faith is clearly a temptress designed to trap goodman brown in a sinful situation.

b) young goodman brown's wife very much resembles nagging behaviors of job's wife in stories from the bible.

c) the set-up of this story is a direct allusion to the sibling rivalry that existed between cain and able in the bible.

d) goodman brown's decision to go into the wilderness echoes jesus (and other prophets) going into the wilderness to be tempted by evil.

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The opening of this story echoes a common Biblical storyline because of Goodman Brown's decision to go into the wilderness echoes Jesus (and other prophets) going into the wilderness to be tempted by evil.

Explanation:

At the beginning of the story Goodman Brown decides to go in a mysterious journey, far away from his beloved wife faith, there is a metaphor in here that shows that he leaves because he was being called and tempted by sin and his faith was not strong enough to stop him, the other appreciation we can have is that it was a test for him to pass through temptation and return to his faith.

now, of course, the quality and the seasonability of these winter dreams varied, but the stuff of them remained.   they persuaded dexter several years later to pass up a business course at the state university—his father, prospering now, would have paid his way—for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the east, where he was bothered by his scanty funds. but do not get the impression, because his winter dreams happened to be concerned at first with musings on the rich, that there was anything merely snobbish in the boy. he wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people—he wanted the glittering things themselves. often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it—and sometimes he ran up against the mysterious denials and prohibitions in which life indulges.

there you go thats what we are missing

he thought hans was leaving

at least thats what i think it is

sorry if wrong