Question

What can the reader tell about Goodman Brown’s relationship with his wife based on the following passage:

“My love and my Faith,” replied young Goodman Brown, “of all nights in the year, this one night must I tarry away from thee…What, my sweet, pretty wife, dost thou doubt me already, and we but three months married?”

A. He is not a good husband because he wants to leave her.
B. He is a loving husband.
C. He is eager to leave her.
D. He is scared about leaving her alone and unattended

Answer 1

B. He is a loving husband.

Step-by-step explanation:

He needs to leave her in order to investigate further in the black mass matter, so he needs to leave her newly wed wife,eventhough he loves her very much he must do this, and by the way he communicates with her you can see that he is a loving husband.

Answer 2

B. He is a loving husband.

It can be discerned that Goodman Brown is a loving husband because of how he calls his wife “My love.” Too, with the words, “of all the nights in the year, this one night must I tarry away from thee,” readers can discern because he says “must” and not something like “want,” he must be away from his wife against his will, which paints the image of a loving husband—one who dislikes the idea of have having to be away from his wife even just one night.