《小伙子古德曼·布朗》是19世纪美国浪漫主义时期最具天赋的小说和短篇故事作家纳撒尼尔·霍桑最好的短篇小说之一。小说从始至终充满了晦暗、神秘的意象,吸引了无数的中外文学爱好者、批评家发表了各具特色的欣赏和探讨之文。本文旨在通过对该作品中讽喻的创作手法和象征主义倾向的分析,为《小伙子古德曼·布朗》的理解和解读提供一定的借鉴。 “Goodman Brown” is one of the best short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the most gifted novel and short story writer in the 19th century American romanticism. From start to finish, the novel is filled with gloomy and mysterious images, attracting countless lovers of Chinese and foreign literature, and critics published articles with distinctive features of appreciation and exploration. The purpose of this thesis is to provide some reference for the understanding and interpretation of “Goodman Brown” by analyzing the creation of allegory and the tendency of symbolism in this work.