In at least 100 words, describe how the symbol of the pink ribbons in Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" illustrates the theme of the loss of innocence.

We associate the pink ribbons with Faith, Goodman Brown's young wife, whose innocence and devout character are seemed to be represented in part by the colour of her ribbons. I think potentially that the falling to the ground of these ribbons can symbolise one of the themes of the story, which is the fact that we are all sinners - none of us are so good as to avoid the taint of sin on our hearts.