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    Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil” has long been a subject of discussion and debate especially when referring to the meaning of the veil. Shrouded in mystery, the veil is open to a variety of interpretations, none of which the author confirmed or denied. Despite Hawthorne’s ambiguous approach one thing remains certain and that is the veil in “The Minister’s Black Veil” functions as a symbol of secret sin that can be understood when viewed from either the outside looking in, from…

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    Is a black veil closer to an angel, or a devil? In The Minister’s Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the character Reverend Hooper dons a black veil, much to the horror of the community he resides in. Hawthorne left Hooper’s, and his own, intentions for doing this ambiguous; Many interpreters have argued whether Hooper was meant to be a paragon of virtue or an Antichrist figure. Going off archetypes such as religion, death, and symbolism (with the veil being a prominent symbol), and Hawthorne’s…

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    Like many other American renaissance writing, Nathaniel Hawthorne introduces readers with a parable story. In the story" The Minister’s Black Veil," is introduced in the seventh century in puritan New England where the focus is around the minister, Parson Hooper. Some may wonders why the minister chooses to wear a black veil. The ambiguity that makes the reaction of the townspeople all the more telling of their inherent sin and hypocritical nature. While speculating as to what horrific crime the…

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    Facts on Crucible Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, take place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 and was inspired by infamous Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Trials began in early 1692 when a bunch of young girls cried and claimed to be possessed by the devil and then later accused many women of witchcraft. Witches came from the belief of gaining from power devil “specifically in the devil’s practice of giving certain humans (witches) the power to harm others in return for their loyalty” (history…

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    The Salem witch trials were trails held in Massachusetts during February 1692 and May 1693. Several girls claimed they were taken over by the devil and they accused woman of practicing witchcraft. The trials executed primarily women for the charge of witchcraft. Although they were called Salem witch trails, hearings were conducted in several towns in Massachusetts and Connecticut. As a wave of hysteria spread throughout colonial Massachusetts, a special court convened in Salem to hear the…

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    The Salem Witch Trials When individuals talk about what had happened during the seventeenth century, it brings back to the dark period full of social, political, and economical challenges and gender inequality in American history. Richard Godbeer’s book, Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692, discusses the events of the story of a witch hunt in Stamford, Connecticut. Furthermore, the book details how series of witchcraft cases brought before local adjudicators in a settlement called…

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    Theories of The Salem Witch Trials Salem, Massachusetts, a town originally settled in the early seventeenth century, after King Charles II granted a charter, allowing the colonization and self rule over The Massachusetts Bay Colony. This charter was revoked then renewed before finding stable ground in 1691. Salem was run by a group of Puritans who left England due to religious oppression. The Puritans sought out a land where the Puritan Church could not only exist, but exist without interference…

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    Miller in 1953, which is about a witch hunt that took place in 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, but Arthur Miller talks more about McCarthyism and Communism in 1950s in this play by founding many parallels between the House Un-American Activities Committee”s crusade against supposed communist sympathizers and the seventeenth- century witch-hunt in Salem, Massachusetts. So in fact, although The Crucible is a play about the Salem Trail, it is more about McCarthyism. And because of its history…

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    Reverend Samuel Parris, the famous minister during the Salem witch trials, was not exactly, as he was described in The Crucible. Although most of the information given about Parris in the play is correct, some of his family was omitted and certain events did not happen as stated in the play. Not everything in the play was the same; for example in the play, Parris only had one child named Betty. According to History of Massachusetts, he actually had three children, Betty, Thomas, and Susannah…

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    How were the people of Salem convinced that their town was inhabited by witches? The shared religion and common beliefs of the people of Salem along with the biases against poor, ill, reclusive, and otherwise different and unlikeable people in the town are all factors that will be examined. On the same note, the relationships between the accused and the accusers will be looked at, with facts gleaned from Rosalyn Schanzer’s Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem and transcripts…

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