hide and separate ourselves from the ones we love most. In wearing the veil Hooper

presents the isolation that everybody experiences when they are chained down by

their own sins. He has realized that everybody symbolically can be found in the

shadow of their own veil. By Hooper wearing this shroud across his face is only

showing the dark side of people and the truth of human existence and nature.

Hooper left the dark shroud on because he has realized that secret sin is a

veil that can never be lifted from anybody until the day of their death. In a quote

from the story Mr. Hooper says, "There is an hour to come, when all of us shall cast

aside our veils. Take it not amiss, beloved friend, if I wear this piece of crepe till

wouldn't resolve any of the of the feelings that overcame parishioners. Until then

congregation felt as though Mr. Hooper could reach into their souls and see all sins

about my thinking involving in the story. In not being able to see Mr. Hooper's eyes

was a thin obstacle separating Hooper from his own people.

face people's opinions have changed of him. He became a mystery, unreachable,

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Black Veil, black veil, veil hooper, minister's black veil, Minister's Black, minister's black, lifting veil, secret sin, veil lifted,
Approximate Word count = 578
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)