Behind The Veil

In all honesty, you can conclude that his facial expressions show other people’s sins more than him hiding his own. It remains unknown that he is really hiding himself. However, hints are being made throughout the story. Which do you think is being hidden, his sins or him from others sins? To begin with, it can be argued that Mr. Hooper is concealing himself behind the veil to keep his sins unnoticed to those around him. Practically, if we had to endure the pain of other people’s sins, it might be a good idea to go the same route as the minister. We all cope with things in our own way, some are just different from others. In article 2, it states “he is shielding his eyes in order to scrutinize them”, that means that he’s not hiding a sin of his own, but is hiding himself from the sins of others. If he was hiding his own sins, he would have known something more towards the line of suspicious, cynical, dubious. He wouldn’t be leaving the hint of mystery if he wasn’t bearing the weight of something (sins of others). Also, in article 2 it states “Mr. Hooper wears the veil to symbolize his mourning for the secret sins of many of the Puritans”. Which in other words, is proving the point that the good Mr. Hooper is shielding himself from the horrible sins of his associates. …show more content…
As I’ve previously stated, there is evidence hinting towards him covering his own sin with the black veil. In article 2, it states how at the funeral of a young girl who died at the beginning of the story, says that Mr. Hooper had an affair with the girl. Meaning that the veil may be hiding something sinister of the minister. In addition, article 3 states that “some say that he has gone mad. Others believe that he is hiding a deep sin”. In other words, they believe he’s up to something sinister. There’s evidence leading to the conclusion that he’s masking his own