Loss of faith is one of the most prominent themes from "Young Goodman Brown." After the bizarre events in the forest, the protagonist loses his faith, and he struggles to trust anyone ever again. Other themes from Hawthorne's story includes loss of innocence and the weakness of public morality

Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote "Young Goodman Brown" as an allegory to describe the danger of abandoning one's Christian faith, even for one night.This story overflows with symbolism which Hawthorne uses as a means to reach the reader's subconscious thought

The Inevitable Loss of Innocence
Goodman Brown loses his innocence because of his inherent corruptibility, which suggests that whether the events in the forest were a dream or reality, the loss of his innocence was inevitable.