The Ministers Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The children In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter play a major role in the Puritan society. With their honest opinions of Hester and Pearl, the children are presented as more perceptive and more honest than adults. Due to their innocence, children are capable of expressing themselves without constraints; there are no laws or regulations that they are bounded by. As an adolescent go through the stages of life and grow older, they begin to be more conscious of the how they act as they are more aware of society and the things that are occurring in the world, creating a filter for their actions. When they remain as the children, on the other hand, are adventurous; they are still exploring the universe that seems to fill with mysteries that are bound to be solved. They tend to attach to the truth and they are not afraid to speak it freely. Children differ from adults in their potential for expressing these perceptions. With their obliviousness to the things that are actually going on around the town, children therefore react differently compared to the adults, who are more knowledgeable. Perceived to be immature, young children are presented as more perceptive and more honest than adults due to their innocence, how they are unaware of the reality and the crimes that are presented in society by the adults enables them to be blithe and not afraid of saying what they feel like. Due to their naivety, when they express what they perceive to be true, they do not get punished,

However, on the Sunday morning that “The Minister’s Black Veil” begins to unfold, Mr. Hooper lost the reverent effect upon his parish when he emerged from his home for the first time -- and for the rest of his life -- with two folds of crape

    There is no end to the ambiguity in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil”; this essay hopes to explore this problem within the tale.

The minister they had once sought for comfort and solace has become a seductive, mysterious stranger with whom nobody can identify. The congregation feels as though Hooper can reach into their souls and see all the inadequacy and sin hidden within. As expressed in the story, "Each member of the congregation, the most innocent girl, and the man of most hardened breast felt as if the preacher had crept upon them, behind his awful veil, and discovered their hoarded iniquity of deed or thought." Because of his vow, the minister is forced into a life of solitude, forever lacking satisfaction and comfort.

In Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil”, Mr. Hooper loses human connection after he bounds himself to wear the black veil as a representation of human nature to hide sinful actions. Mr. Hooper’s refusal to remove the black veil causes the townspeople to distance themselves from him because they found his behavior odd and unnatural, including his fiancee. During Mr. Hooper and his fiancee’s argument, she continually presses him for a reason for wearing

In The Minister’s Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author seeks to convey that although all individuals are sinners, members of society will condemn those who seek to confront their own faults. This conclusion was drawn from the many motifs which relate to Puritan society, particularly the superstitions and Christian ideologies of many New Englanders during the 18th century. In this tale, Mr. Hooper’s donning of the black veil is viewed as a change which alters his countenance indefinitely; from the moment it is introduced, those who view it are awestruck. The mere sight of Mr. Hooper even acts as a “signal for the bell to cease its summons”. As murmurs spread throughout the congregation, Mr. Hooper preaches of “secret sin, and those

Hooper was wearing the veil for so long. The church members at first and are scared of Mr. hooper. You can tell they are because in the story it said that they would usually invite him over for dinner but when he started to wear the veil they did not. Throughout the time he wore the veil he was the same Mr. Hooper and preacher for this reason the church members would keep asking why he is wearing the veil.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil" illustrates the dangers of secret sin. Allowing guilt from things done in the past, things that cannot be changed, can ruin lives. The life of the secret-carrier will be devastated, along with the lives of that person's most loved ones. Hawthorne uses various types of figurative language in his works to portray his message. "The Minister's Black Veil” is no exception; Hawthorne uses symbolism and suggestion to add depth and mystery.

Hooper’s secret sin can be compared to the modern world as people keep their controversial past actions a secret, like affairs or sexual assault. Recently this year, President Donald Trump has been charged with sexual misconduct with Stormy Daniels. It is said, that Trump paid Daniels “hush” money to keep her quiet about their affair: Trump had a history of having others keep his copulation secret (Garelick). Ironically, Daniels, who works in the erotic industry, does not want to remain silent, but rather talk openly about her relationship with Trump with the public. Trump is analogous to Mr. Hooper as they both are shown to the public as having secret sins; however, Trump resorted to bribery to keep his sexual sin covert. Roy Moore, a former candidate for the United States Senate, is also akin to Hooper in that he was also seen as having a secret sin, although it is made known to the public by the victims of his sexual harassment, who decide to speak up. As many people forsook Hooper, a parallel situation occurred to Moore as important people of the government deserted him because of the several sexual harassment allegations held against him. For instance, the republicans are like the townspeople in “The Minister's Black Veil,” in that they also abandon their companions based off of their own judgments, whether it be true or false: after hearing the sexual allegations against Moore, Senate Republicans

When Parson Hooper first dons the black veil, and long after, the community is fascinated, curious, suspicious, and almost outraged that Mr. Hooper

A pastor in a small town in conneticut delivers a speech of secret sin wearing a black veil. The towns people immediatley begin to gossip. Some people say hes mad while others says hes covering his shameful sin. After the seremon, a furnel is held for a young lady who has recently died. Mr. Hooper decided to stay for the furnel and continues to wear his black veil.The people begin to jugde. Even though most of the townspeople start making assumptions aboout Mr.Hooper and his black veil, he dosnt what others think or say about him. The only person who has the “right” to ask about the black veil was his fiance Elizabeth. Even though Elizabeth tries her best to find out in why Mr. Hopper never takes off his veil, she gives up and decided to break her engagment with him. Months later, Mr. Hooper

His fiancée Elizabeth initially tries to reason with Hooper, hoping that she can get through to him. Or that he will at least remove the veil for her. Instead, he gives her vague answers and confirms that he will never take off the veil. Finally, the creepiness begins to affect Elizabeth and she leaves him. This is definitely symbolic of the consequences of sin. Parsons Hooper refuses honesty even to his own fiancée and in return, he loses her. She asks him to at least explain why he cannot remove it, but he doesn’t give an answer instead he says “Know, then, this veil is a type and a symbol, and I am bound to wear it ever, both in light and darkness, in solitude and before the gaze of multitudes,

In a small puritan church in an isolated town in Massachusetts. A group of church people wait in silence for their minister to walk in. The entrance doors open and a man with a black veil walks down the aisle while the church people watch him in disbelief because it is he who is the man who is supposed to preach to them. Reverend Hooper, once a loved and respected man, leaves his people in confusion after a sunday wearing a black veil. Unfortunately, the community of Milford is beginning to underlook Mr.Hooper and begin to separate themselves from him.

   Based on the evaluations of literary critics, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story, “The Minister’s Black Veil,” contains both an external and an internal conflict, about equally treated in the tale. It is the intent of this essay to explore both types of conflict as presented in the story.

“The Minister’s Black Veil” was first published in 1832 and was written during the American Romantic time period. Romanticism was a time period where emotion and beliefs were valued over reason and facts. Nathaniel Hawthorne can be seen as a writer of “Dark Romanticism,” a sub genre of Romanticism with a fascination with horrific themes and the exploration of the psychological effects of sin and guilt, and where the writers focused on judgement, punishment, and self-destruction. Hawthorne’s use of this style of writing sets the tone of the work as a observation of the nature of sin.