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The Black Veil In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

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In this essay characteristics that are shown are twisted and grotesque. They have mystical vibes. like on page 2 paragraph 2 she explains how he walks into the room. "Mr. Hopper walked onwards , at a slow and quiet pace, stooping somewhat, and looking on the ground, as is customary with abstracted men, yet nodding kindly to those of his parishioners who still waited on the meeting-house steps. But so wonder-struck were that his greeting hardly met with a return." in the same way that he is a mysterious man. To elaborate, a lady said "I don't like it," muttered an old woman, as she hobbled into the meeting-house."he has changed himself into something awful, only by hiding his face." they described how he looks and how he has changed. The minister has something to hide so he hides it behind the black veil and he acts differently. Mr. Hooper shows romanticism characteristics because he is so much more focused on feelings and emotional truth than …show more content…

Equally, important the black veil, the minister wears a symbol of the sin of man and of the minister himself, and it is a symbol of the natural sign people have. The veil is a visual reminder of the sins of people. the reason the people at the church being to feel uncomfortable around Mr. Hooper is because he is physical, with his veil, confronting them with their sins that have committed. Also, it symbolizes a crutch in the minister's life. He wears the black veil to hide his sins from his townspeople because he is seen as a good person and now that he wears the black veil everyone is scared to be around him or even confront him. The belief that he is some type of creep. like shown on page 5 "When Mr. Hooper came, the first thing that their eyes rested on was the same horrible black veil, which had added deeper gloom to the funeral, and could portend nothing but evil." they explain how everyone just stares at him with

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