Read the passage from "Young Goodman Brown."
As he spoke, he pointed his staff at a female figure or
the path, in whom Goodman Brown recognized a very
pious and exemplary dame, who had taught him his
catechism in youth, and was still his moral and spiritual
adviser, jointly with the minister and Deacon Gookin. ...
"Ah, forsooth, and is it your worship, indeed?" cried the
good dame. "Yea, truly is it, and in the very image of
my old gossip, Goodman Brown, the grandfather of the
silly fellow that now is. But--would your worship believe
it?--my broomstick hath strangely disappeared, stolen,
as I suspect, by that unhanged witch, Goody Cory, and
that, too, when I was all anointed with the juice of
smallage and cinque-foil and wolf's-bane--
What does the woman most likely represent?
O spiritual leadership
O community
O fabricated spirituality
O motherhood
Answer:
spiritual leadership
Explanation:
According to the passage from "Young Goodman Brown.", the narrator, Goodman Brown talks about a "pious and exemplary" woman who served as a spiritual leader and catechist to him and other people as well.
Therefore, from the passage, this woman represents spiritual leadership because she is someone who other people looks up to for spiritual guidance.
