The Minister's Black Veil Romanticism

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In the story, the Black Veil Minister, a parable by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the essay discusses the theme of Romanticism. Romanticism stories are suspenseful, conclusions left to the imagination of the reader and exaggerated. In most cases, these stories are based on a true story about someone. For example, the Minister's Black Veil is full of suspense because when Mr. Hooper, the minister who was the protagonist, he always wore a black veil and did not tell people why he wore it until the end of the story, but meanwhile he wore the black veil and left people wondering. "But what has good Parson Hooper got upon his face?" cried the sexton in astonishment" (Hawthorne 1) With regards to this, Minister Hooper plays an important role in romanticism because he is a misleading character as well as one who wants to be set free by demonstrating the struggles of himself, but others as well. Equally important, he tried spreading the word of human destruction to our surroundings and to one another, by wearing the black veil which most did not comprehend. Eventually, there was so little he could do, and deceased before people fathom. Death is also an important part in romanticism since most romanticism stories are melancholic and mysterious which most of …show more content…
The minister himself was a minister but that did not signify that he was pure and had never executed a sin. " I perhaps like most other mortals, have sorrows dark enough to be typified by a black veil" (Hawthorne 10) Equally important, we have all committed sins and we may not wear them physically but we wear a symbolic one when we hide the hideous act of sin. The truth is that no one can really escape from sin because there is always consequences. A sin is not as severe as long as you redeem yourself rather than worrying about and pointing out other's sins. However, the sin were seen as evil by the people who were surrounded by