Hooper. His veil leads his peers to assuming that he is ashamed of a malignant action committed which is revealed when his wife Elizabeth confronts him. She tells Mr. Hooper, “Beloved and respected as you are, there may be whispers, that you hide your face under consciousness of secret sin.” In the beginning of “The Minister’s Black Veil” Hawthorne reveals how secular, in relation to Puritan beliefs, the community of Milford is as they make their way to church, “children…mimicked a graver gait, in their Sunday clothes. Spruce bachelors looked sidelong at pretty maidens.” This sets the foundation of the hypocrisy within their community. The children are mocking how individuals walk and young men are lusting after maidens. Hawthorne uses the juxtaposition of the Sabbath and the actions portrayed to emphasize the hypocrisy. The townsfolk are committing sins while the minister only added an accessory of clothing. In The Sovereignty and Goodness of God Rowlandson’s hypocrisy is revealed through her own testament. This can be seen when she says, “That night they bade me go out of the Wigmam
Hooper. His veil leads his peers to assuming that he is ashamed of a malignant action committed which is revealed when his wife Elizabeth confronts him. She tells Mr. Hooper, “Beloved and respected as you are, there may be whispers, that you hide your face under consciousness of secret sin.” In the beginning of “The Minister’s Black Veil” Hawthorne reveals how secular, in relation to Puritan beliefs, the community of Milford is as they make their way to church, “children…mimicked a graver gait, in their Sunday clothes. Spruce bachelors looked sidelong at pretty maidens.” This sets the foundation of the hypocrisy within their community. The children are mocking how individuals walk and young men are lusting after maidens. Hawthorne uses the juxtaposition of the Sabbath and the actions portrayed to emphasize the hypocrisy. The townsfolk are committing sins while the minister only added an accessory of clothing. In The Sovereignty and Goodness of God Rowlandson’s hypocrisy is revealed through her own testament. This can be seen when she says, “That night they bade me go out of the Wigmam