Read the following passage and answer the question. "Too far! too far!" exclaimed the goodman, unconsciously resuming his walk. "My father never went into the
woods on such an errand, nor his father before him. We have been a race of honest men and good Christians
since the days of the martyrs; and shall I be the first of the name of Brown that ever took this path "
Goodman Brown's walk into the forest with the devil is an allegory for
his loss of spiritual innocence
his problems with his father
his anger at the other villagers
his uncertainty about marriage