Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. He knew the tune; it was a familiar one in the choir of the village meeting-house. The verse died heavily away, and was lengthened by a chorus, not of human voices, but of all the sounds of the benighted wilderness, pealing in awful harmony together. Goodman Brown cried out; and his cry was lost to his own ear, by its unison with the cry of the desert.
What is the author's major concern in this story?
【正确答案】：
HAWTHORNE IS MAINLY CONCERNED WITH THE THEME OF GUILT AND EVIL IN THIS STORY.
【题目解析】：霍桑在这个故事中主要关注的是关于罪恶和内疚的主题。