The Minister 's Black Veil written by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a short novel primarily about a minister who has sinned deeply blaming himself “black veil”,causing conflict with those around him.The Minister 's Black Veil has characteristics that appeal to the Romantic period (1800-1850), the romanticism in “The Minister 's Black Veil” appeal as Gothic literature. In both novels we see symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.
In “The Minister 's Black Veil” there are plenty to consider when it comes to Romanticism, the inevitability of fate, the failure of human nature (sins), and the disconnect between man and his nature(craziness).” The novel also has an atmosphere of fear, the possibility of inner terror, also having to do a lot to do with the Romantic characteristic of this short story. Hawthorne is known for his dark stories, it relates into the darkness in …show more content…
Romanticism is presented in “The Minister 's Black Veil” as a gothic type this actually surprised me as romanticism is mainly known as love stories. The way the story was presented suspicion and conflict was a new way of presentation such as involving the public and get the reader to think about the world and people around us. We all have a mask that we hide ourselves behind we rarely remove this mask except for special people at special times “never trust no on”. It 's amazing how all quotes relate to each other at some point. The minister in the story felt the need to show everyone that everyone in fact has a black veil, again showing that it 's part of a human being. He used himself as an example. “Even in death, he had things to hide”. The point that stood out to me was; we all have something to hide and its better to keep it hidden from people as it will cause more damage to others then it does to
In “The Minister 's Black Veil” there are plenty to consider when it comes to Romanticism, the inevitability of fate, the failure of human nature (sins), and the disconnect between man and his nature(craziness).” The novel also has an atmosphere of fear, the possibility of inner terror, also having to do a lot to do with the Romantic characteristic of this short story. Hawthorne is known for his dark stories, it relates into the darkness in …show more content…
Romanticism is presented in “The Minister 's Black Veil” as a gothic type this actually surprised me as romanticism is mainly known as love stories. The way the story was presented suspicion and conflict was a new way of presentation such as involving the public and get the reader to think about the world and people around us. We all have a mask that we hide ourselves behind we rarely remove this mask except for special people at special times “never trust no on”. It 's amazing how all quotes relate to each other at some point. The minister in the story felt the need to show everyone that everyone in fact has a black veil, again showing that it 's part of a human being. He used himself as an example. “Even in death, he had things to hide”. The point that stood out to me was; we all have something to hide and its better to keep it hidden from people as it will cause more damage to others then it does to