Symbols In The Minister's Black Veil

How far would you go to keep your secret sin a secret? The reality is that we all wear a black veil throughout our lives to hide our own secret sins that we tell no one. That is one of the subjects that Hawthorne talks about in his mind provoking piece of literature “The Minister’s Black Veil”. The parable tells the story of the reverend, Mr. Hooper, as he comes to the meeting house to preach but he is wearing a black veil. The whole town starts to make rumors and weird explanation why he is wearing the veil but, people are afraid to ask him about the veil expect his finance. Mr. Hooper declined the information about the veil and even 'til his death.There is no person that has wore a black veil but, Johnny Cash wore black for all the human’s sin but, the question stills remain about the true significant meaning of the veil and the sin that Mr.Hooper has hidden from the whole world. Hawthorne’s characters are all romantics but they're the ones that would be called a cliche at those time and now known as one the best writers of early American literature. Some of the symbols he used in his short parable “ Minister’s Black Veil” that haven't been used in any other 500 or 800-page novel he wrote down so,many symbolize in a few pages. To understand Nathaniel Hawthorne's parable we must understand the three levels of a parable of the symbolism of the black veil. Also, Early American Literature had strong themes surrounding their story to give the ultimate story telling experience. Let’s begin with the …show more content…
Throughout the whole parable were in church or something to do with religion so, that might be one of the themes. I strongly believe that the whole story is about human sin and secret sin. In the beginning of the parable, Reverend talks about secret sin and the veil is to suppose to be represent the sin. Throughout, the whole parable sin plays a big part in the