Salem, Massachusetts

The Minister’s Black Veil and Superstition Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Minister’s Black Veil, uses the setting and dialog of his story to help maximize the intrigue and mysteriousness behind the main character, Reverend Hooper’s actions. Set in the 1600’s in a Puritan New England village, Hawthorne infuses the culture and mindset of the time into his story. He truly embraces all aspects of the puritan religion into his story. He uses the extremism of Puritan religion and beliefs to help…

Secondly, The Ministers Black Veil is another stimulating story from Hawthorne. As I mentioned in my introduction, the story covers Mr. Hooper and the town people. The town people wonder why Minister choose to wear the veil. The reason he put the black veil on face was, he thinks all the town people are sinners. In fact, it is the ambiguity that makes the reaction of the townspeople all the more telling of their essential sin and hypocritical nature. The town people, seeing his veil troubled…

Nathanial Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is set in Puritan Massachusetts, where ideals are based on conformity to strict religious laws. This idea of legalism is seen throughout the Scarlet Letter such as the scaffold and the Letter “A”. Yet Nathanial Hawthorne is not commenting on the price of sin but is questioning if puritanical laws of punishment should be held to the same stature as Forgiveness and compassion. The town’s people for her sin of adultery punish Hester; she is forced to be…

Nathaniel Hawthorne provides the biggest intimation in his fictional novel, The Scarlet Letter, to shape the path of the characters. He introduces Hester Prynne living in a faithful Puritan world that degrades her because of her misdeed. Hawthorne illustrates a brighter rosebush in a dark environment that guides characters from shame to redemption. Although the rosebush can be seen as an aspiration within the darkness through the eyes of the prisoners, its scarlet luminosity embodies a token of…

In “The Ministers Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne Mr. Hooper emerges from his home one Sunday morning donning a black veil. His black veil, upon closer inspection, consisted "of two folds of crape which entirely concealed his features except the mouth and chin, but probably did not intercept his sight, further than to give a darkened aspect to all living and inanimate things” (236 ). His veil revealed that he had committed serious sin. The veil also symbolizes his the secret face or border…

When you are talking to someone would you like to see their face? Well, good Parson Hooper in “The Minister’s Black Veil” does not look you in they eye while talking. He wears a black veil that covers his face. The wearing of a black veil by Parson Hooper all started being a substitute Minister. This veil makes Parson Hooper famous throughout all of New England, having people from all over to see the veiled Hooper. The wearing of the veil causes many issues in his life. The church does not like…

In the story, “The Minister’s Black Veil” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the townspeople demonstrates how important appearance seems to be in a small town. The main character in the story, Reverend Hooper is the town’s minister. On a normal Sunday morning, Mr. Hooper appears at church to deliver his sermon with a black veil covering his face. He is trying to prove to the people that everyone lives with secret sin. The townspeople are completely blind of the significant symbolism of the black…

The main symbol in Hawthorne's story, “The Minister’s Black Veil” is obviously the black veil. The main characters in the story are Reverend Hooper, Elizabeth, Reverend Clark, and Goodman Brown. Also along with the characters, there are many townspeople involved in the story. To me as a reader, a black veil to me symbolizes and signifies that Hooper must have done something so bad to want to cover up his face. Hawthorne describes it like this: “Swathed about his forehead, and hanging down over…

The Veil Upon his Face In the short story “The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mr. Hooper, a minister, arrived to church one day with a sudden change of appearance by having a veil cast upon his face. This veil brought tension between him and the people of his community because they did not understand why he wore it. Mr. Hooper’s decision in wearing the black veil affected his relationship with his community in a negative way because the veil distanced him from the community. In…

American poet Nathaniel Hawthorne had changed his last name by adding the “w”. His original last name was Harthorne but wanted to separate himself from his family because his father was a judge in the Salem trials. Hawthorne lived in a time where authors did not put pictures in their writings. Due to this Hawthorne wrote very detailed and descriptive poems. By using very detailed and descriptive writing ways he was able to capture the roughness of life in his poem “The Ocean”. He did this by…