【正确答案】：
A. YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN IS ESSENTIALLY AN ALLEGORY. IT IS CONCERNED WITH A YOUNG PURITAN WHO ATTENDS A WITCHES' SABBATH IN THE WOODS.
B. GOODMAN BROWN’S JOURNEY IS A SYMBOLIC JOURNEY OF DISCOVERING SIN AND EVIL IN HUMAN HEARTS. THE DISCOVERY IS HORRIBLE IN THAT IT MAKES BROWN A DISTRUST AND DOUBTFUL MAN FOREVER.
C. IN DEALING WITH THE THEME OF GUILT AND SIN, HAWTHORNE EXEMPLIFIES THE “POWER OF BLACKNESS”.
D. THE STORY FAITHFULLY REFLECTS HAWTHORNE’S PURITAN BELIEF: “THERE IS EVIL IN EVERY HUMAN HEART, WHICH MAY REMAIN LATENT, PERHAPS, THROUGH THE WHOLE LIFE; BUT CIRCUMSTANCES MAY ROUSE IT TO ACTIVITY”.
【题目解析】：A.《小伙子布朗》本质上是一个寓言。它是关于一个年轻的清教徒，参加了在树林里的女巫的安息日的故事。B.布朗的旅程是一个象征性的发现人类内心罪恶和邪恶的旅程。这个发现是可怕的，因为它使布朗永远成为一个不信任和怀疑的人。C.在处理罪行和邪恶的主题时，霍桑充分体现了“黑暗的力量”。D.这个故事忠实地反映了霍桑的清教信仰:“每个人的内心都有邪恶，也许会潜伏一生;但环境可能会促使它采取行动。”