1) the travler represents the devil and proves that good man brown has a dark side.  2)good man brown.  his name shiws that he is a good man.  3) the pink ribbons showed that young goodmans wife was sweet and innocent and that she was harmless. 4)  the staff represtemted a person who makes people make ba decisions and leads them to do wrong.  5) the trees pepresnted evil dark and caous.