The sky broadly establishes the setting in “Young Goodman Brown”, which develops character. The "sunset" (55) represents a growing darkness in his life, from light to dark, from innocence to exposed truths and sin. Often Hawthorne illustrates the setting as being "old tree[s]" (57) in an "old forest" (62), just like the Devil appears to be the older version of Brown and the ancient forest represents the aged, bitter man he will eventually become. Hawthorne refers to the forest as a "heathen wilderness" (62), which is a nod toward the godless sins that are supposedly committed in a forest, and the sins that are, as shown later. When Brown claims he will continue to resist the Devil, the sky turns from “blue” with “stars brightening” to “a cloud
