In “Young Goodman Brown,” Hawthorne reveals his feelings about his Puritan ancestors when:

A. Brown strives to resist his dark mission.

B. Faith expresses her anxieties about young Brown’s departure.

C. The dark man reveals that he helped Brown’s forebears persecute others.

D. Brown discovers his catechism teacher is on speaking terms with the Devil.

Answer: C. The dark man reveals that he helped Brown’s forebears persecute others.

According to the prudes, the forests were evil as a consequence of the incidence of enchantresses and Indians. They supposed these people betrothed in satanic rites right in the forest. When the dark man exposed to Hawthorne that he frolicked a role in the trial of others, Hawthorne was captivated by the proper past of the region.