Walk around a public place, one filled with people, look around and what do you see? A bunch of people happy to be there, going around greeting everyone with a smile on their face, or do you see a more dark side? Do you see people has harboring secret sins, all holding a dark side that no one knows but yourself. In the story “ The Minister's Black Veil,” that dark side is exactly what author Nathaniel Hawthorne is perceiving in his story which was published in 1832. The story takes place in a small village with the town's church as the highlight, where the Minister named Mr. Hooper wears a black veil made of crape. The black veil represents secret sin, which is sin that no one knows about, therefore hidden but the minister admits he has this hidden sin and demonstrates …show more content…
It continues in the next paragraph of another clergy member Goodman Gray asking,”are you sure it is our Parson,” this is even more shock being displayed. At this point people could not believe their parson, and thought he was crazy. This happens today on the news you see a riot or protest to any change, especially if they don’t know why the change was made, they will either agree or disagree. It wasn’t until Mr. Hooper told the clergy in his sermon, which had a dark tingling feeling to it as he referenced secret sin and all sad mysteries we hide from our nearest and dearest. Now that the clergy know the veil represents sin, it reminds them of their own sin and makes them uneasy of that feeling. The veil does a great job at representing this as every time they see the veil and in the minister's last sight he sees everyone around him wearing black veils showing they are all aware of their own