Young Goodman Brown Question

1.) Hawthornes purpose was to show how people actually are even though they seem to be religious.
2.) I agree with his wife's name called Faith because he has "Faith" to go on a drak deed in the forest, but then in the end he doesn't have faith anymore.
3.) The pink ribbon means Faith innocence.
4.) ???
5.)I think that the old man is evil because of his snake staff and because he knows everyone each in the village and important people and he also known Young Goodman Brown Grandpa.
6.) The staff represents the temptation from the Adam and Eve story. I think the staff is trying to trick Goodman's mind and shows the town true sight.
7.) If Brown had never gone to the forest with the old guy, he would've never found out the truth and everything will still be the same.