在眾多批評理論中，以心理分析之角度評析霍桑的《年輕的布朗大爺》，也許是最能探究其深層函義的方式了。藉由此種批評理論，我們不但能從一全新的觀點分析此篇小說之場小、角色人物及之中呈現的種種意象，還能更進一步探知作者的內心世與小說內容的密切關係。

　　　　　Among various critical viewpoints, the psychoanalytic approach especially makes the story "Young Goodman Brown' more meaningful and distinctive. Through such literary criticism, we can not only interpret the setting, characters or images of this story from and entirely different viewpoint, but also probe the psyche of the writer Hawthorne and examine its relationship with the particular story.