Read the following passage and answer the question. Among them, quivering to and fro between gloom and splendor, appeared faces that would be seen next day at the council board of the province, and others which, Sabbath after Sabbath, looked devoutly heavenward, and benignantly over the crowded pews, from the holiest pulpits in the land.

What important theme in the story can you infer from this description of the people Goodman Brown sees in the forest?

the strength of the individual
the difference between appearance and reality
the strength of the community
the triumph of goodness over evil