Read the following quotation. What does it reveal about the symbol of the black veil?"But even amid his grief, Mr. Hooper smiled to think that only a material emblem had separated him from happiness, though the horrors which it shadowed forth must be drawn darkly between the fondest of lovers."

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Eva Glenn

9 May, 03:46

Read the following quotation. What does it reveal about the symbol of the black veil?"But even amid his grief, Mr. Hooper smiled to think that only a material emblem had separated him from happiness, though the horrors which it shadowed forth must be drawn darkly between the fondest of lovers."

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Natalie Castro · Answer 1

The quotation revealed that the veil has power and that symbolizes something sinister and dark.

Explanation:

In "The minister's black veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Puritans were a christian protestant sect that came out in England in the early 1600s. They were banished from the country because of their beliefs which are subversive. This made the puritans to travel to America after the banishment to establish small colonies called New England.

Hooper believed that everyone lived in sin which was inherited from Adam and Eve. Hooper altered his appearance which made the sextons to alert the townspeople. Mr. Hooper wears the black veil which can symbolize secret sin and how bad human nature can be, which can represent the secret sin the towns people carry in their hearts or a representation of Mr, Hooper's specific sin. He wears the black veil to hide from the gaze of others and from himself when staring in the mirror.

In conclusion, the veil is a symbol of the sin which separates people from other human beings and from God.