HLLL ASAP BRAINLIEST AND 15 POINTS FOR THE ANSWER Discuss how Hawthorne uses irony in "Young Goodman Brown" to develop a theme or a character. Your answer should be between 250 and 300 words.

The central irony of "Young Goodman Brown" is the same irony that highlights the hypocrisy of the Puritans: the people who appear to be pure and religious by day are actually consorting with the devil in the woods at night.

The title character begins the story by kissing his wife Faith goodbye and going on an apparently obligatory journey into the forest (one that must be taken at night). He meets a man in the forest who symbolizes the devil, and this devil takes him through the woods and eventually to a satanic ritual. Along the way, they meet people from the town, and the devil exposes their hidden sins and secrets. For example, Goody Cloyse, who was Brown's religion teacher, is called a "friend" of the devil. This shows that she is holy by day but wicked by night; in other words, she has a dark side under her social facade.

she is outspoken and direct