Nathaniel Hawthorne was a writer who wrote stories dealing with the puritan society, most of his work was built on how the puritan society, and how through the faith and fear of the vengeance of God could make people live a better life. He brought over gothic genre to America which is how most of […]
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a very craft in how he used symbolism and allegory in each of his short stories and novels. From the forest and Faith’s pink ribbons in Young Goodman Brown to Hester Pryne’s A in The Scarlet Letter, he had a way of using symbolism as an important feature throughout his works. One […]
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Get startedIn Hawthorne’s The Minister’s Black Veil, every single person does sin but only the people who are truly God-fearing and confident accept and pay the consequences of their own actions. In some, predicaments, when someone does own up to their sin and endure the discipline for it, instead of being forgiven the society around will […]
Sometimes in society, people criticize others for being different because of their race, religion, class, or creed. Nathaniel Hawthorne clearly shows this in the story The Minister’s Black Veil. In this story, A man named Mr.hooper, a reverend in the town of Milford, chooses to wear a black veil and his friends and family alienated […]
The story is about when Reverend Hooper enters the church to give a sermon. On this day, the reverend was different because he had a unique dressing style. He had a black veil, which covered the larger part of his face apart from the mouth and chin. People were surprised with the dressing style of […]
The Minister’s Black Veil is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that’s all about guilt, sin, hypocrisy, and love. This story holds a powerful message which through many, or most of the events in it you would have to form your own understandings and ideas. The Minister’s Black Veil is a story which illustrates moral […]
While Mr. Hooper gives a sermon on concealed sin, the parishioners _____. * A. feel he is looking into their souls B. strain to hear his muffled voice C. wonder what sin he has committed D. think about their neighbors’ sins Read the following quotation. What does it reveal about the symbol of the black […]
