In the Minister’s Black Veil, Nathaniel Hawthorne's purpose was to reveal how acknowledging one's sin leads to ostracization of an individual and uncovers they hypocritical nature of an individual. Indeed, once Mr. Hooper, a well known compassionate person, dons a black veil to symbolize his own sin, he becomes ostracized and heavily criticized by his fellow villagers despite the fact that their judgement is a sin of its own. Not once did the villagers attempt to uncover the symbolization of the veil, but instead speculated, gossiped, what possible crime Revered Hooper must have committed. Thus, Hooper’s decision to make his sin visible leads to the Parishioners to fear him, withdraw their companionship, and effectively ostracized him from