"Take up the shield of , with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one" (Ephesians 6:16). Goodman Brown did not have . He did not have religious nor in his fellow human beings in Salem. And because he didn't have he was became vulnerable to the "flaming arrows of the evil one". Goodman Brown like all of us has battles against the devil over our guilt, our sins, and our fears. And it is up to us to decide whether we will stand up to our demons or to succumb to it like Goodman Brown. Early on in the story we find out th ....