Which best describes the central idea in both "a journey" and "young goodman
brown"?
evil is inescapable
each person struggles alone through life.
love involves secretchmand lies.
women cannot survive without men.

if you read the story there are characters like the neighbor, son, wife, and him himself.

the answer is c.   the fact that the poet mentions what some people wear when they go to church to keep the sabbath shows that she knows about this tradition or custom. this demonstrates her authority because, when she decides the way she will worship, she knows what she is talking about and chooses an alternative to only going to church to keep the sabbath.