This is because, if he confess and avoid death, his child cannot inherited anything and Elizabeth lived with suffer because her husband is a witch.
When we keep secrets we also keep guilt and guilt will destroy us from the inside. In the book of scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and how one woman who committed adultery with a character named dimmesdale who is the town revered. Dimmesdale kept secrets to maintaining his reputation but actions the guilt eats him from the inside.
Dimmesdale the town revered for the puritan religion. He commits adultery with Hester and has a child, but instead of facing his sin he keeps inside for no one to know. These men feel confused and hurt that they abort their lives. Like many of Hawthorne's novels and stories the story is developed around a single around a single symbol; in this case, the black veil.
There are ambiguous ways of explaining why Mr. Hooper wears the black veil? Hooper wears the black veil to signify he is wearing the sins of the puritans in the village. Hooper is a reverend, making one of his roles to listen to the puritans sins. The idea of secret sin in a perfectly religious society comes up again and again throughout the story. The black veil was thought to cover the minister's secret sins but, on his deathbed, he revealed that everybody should be wearing a black veil because everyone has a secret sin or sorrow that is hidden from all others.
Hence, one of the major themes of the minister's black veil is that of secret sin and how many people neglect to admit that they have secret sins but instead, blame and judge others.
Hooper intently decided to wear a veil daily to represent sin, but he never revealed the reason behind wearing it, this is left for the reader to decipher. Now the Black Veil itself can symbolize many different things according to the opinion of the reader. The most basic analysis of this object would allow you to think that Mr. The veil blocks off all the emotional connections that the people are looking for in the minister.
There were those who saw the veil as a positive addition within the community, with how Parson Hooper wanted to convey the veil as a symbol of the sin that each man held in their hearts in order to encourage them to confess. Hooper, in the end, did not manage to confess his own sin.
Hooper was still disconnected from the rest of the community because of the fact that he would not confess the sin that he had committed. A person cannot stand in judgement of another when he too wears the black veil of sin.
Hooper was judged harshly because he chose to publicly display his black veil while the other members of the congregation worked to hide their veils of sin. Through this story Nathaniel Hawthorne reminds readers that one must be less concerned about how their sins may appear to others and seek only redemption from…. Of course, no one except his God sees his penance, yet Dimmesdale hopes his suffering will count toward something. Dimmesdale felt the only way to resolve his crimes was by repentance and absolution.
Therefore, he punished himself to show how regretful he was for having sinned and express his desire to be forgiven. Dimmesdale yearns to find a reason to forgive himself, but being familiar with what is considered moral and ethical, he found it difficult to excuse his actions when he knew the sinfulness of his affair and hypocrisy; thus, attaining purification seemed impossible to him.
By saying this he told them that Dimmesdale made it clear that he was equal to Hester because he too committed adultery. Making it is safe to assume that the minister was happy when he died because he was being relieved of the guilt of his sins, sustaining the belief that Minister Hooper engaged in an extramarital relationship.
Second setting reveals that the Ministers secret sin is adultery. The first place Mr. Hooper is introduced is on the porch of the Milford meeting house. Milford is a town located in Worcester County, Massachusetts, a state that was founded by the puritans. The Puritans were a religious minority group who migrated to the New World seeking to create a model religious community.
Since the church where the minister preaches is in Massachusetts, an assumption can be made that it is a Puritan Church. One of the Puritans most frowned upon sins is adultery. If the church is Puritan the setting reveals that if the minister did in fact commit adultery the community would not respect him. This lack of respect would give him a reason to feel ashamed, causing him to wear the black veil, preserving the impression of his indiscretions.
On the header of the second page it states this account occurs in the early nineteenth century between and During this time in Massachusetts not only was adultery frowned upon it was illegal and penalized by death. These details of the setting reveals that if Mr.
Hooper told anyone about his secret sin he would be put to trial by death. Hooper, empowered by this knowledge, chose to prove a point to the public by wearing his black veil instead of accepting his fate, confirming the sense of an adulterous secret. In the chamber where the minister lies awaiting his death the room is lit by shaded candlelight. Candlelight represents purification and cleansing.
Lastly conflict reveals that the ministers secret sin is adultery. After Mr. Hooper performs the wedding ceremony he gives a toast wishing happiness to the new married couple. During this toast Mr. Yet the veil has the strange effect of making his sermons and his spiritual leadership more powerful. The story is a parable moral lesson about the common practice of hiding behind appearances rather than facing our consciences, and how institutions of religion and societal norms can mask or reveal our true nature.
Those who reveal their true selves may cause discomfort or be ostracized by others who would rather stay hidden. Hawthorne's story is in the genre of Romanticism, considered a masterpiece in the sub-genre of Dark Romanticism for its focus on sin, human fallibility, and the religious and societal institutions which perpetuate, rather than eradicate "secret sin that all people carry in their hearts. Irony - The reverend wears the veil to represent others' secret sins and tries to teach them to reveal their consciousness, but in the process alienates everyone, including his own fiance, Elizabeth.
Mortal judgement vs. Isolation and despair the consequences of wearing the veil. The veil, as Reverend Mr. Hooper reveals in the story, is a symbol of secret sin, hiding one's true nature, and a lack of awareness of one's own consciousness.
It's the external "face" we all wear to comply with expectations from our neighbors, society, church. Its presence was the emblem of his lesson; it caused discomfort, revealed petty suspicions and busybody behavior. The reverend never waivered in his convictions; he refused to remove it in his attempt to teach his parishioners to reveal their own true selves. Ironically, though the parishioners should have been the ones wearing veils, Hooper sacrificed himself on their behalf, suffering isolation, despair, and heartbreak.
We can clearly extend the symbolism of the veil to represent the "crown of thorns" Jesus wore, representing all sin, suffering for his people, whom he hopes find enlightnment after his sacrifice and death.
Hawthorne does not "shroud" the message of this powerful parable. The veil represents both evil and redemption at the same time. Puritans left England for the New World to escape persecution and judgement in the hands of others in power. The strict religious convictions and social morays of the religion required conformity and cast judgement and punishment on anyone in their congregation who failed to conform to the Puritan ideals.
There were two types: "separating" Puritans, such as the Plymouth colonists, who believed that the Church of England was corrupt and that true Christians must separate themselves from it; and "non-separating" Puritans, such as the colonists who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who believed in reform, but not separation.
Most Massachusetts colonists were nonseparating Puritans who wished to reform the established church, largely Congregationalists who believed in forming churches through voluntary compacts. Legacies of Puritanism include modern-day practicing Protestants which include Lutheran, Anglican, and Quaker denominations, and the so-called "Protestant work-ethic" which implies staunch focus of hard work and good deeds.
Read more about Puritanism in New England. Hawthorne, and many other authors who embraced the genre of Dark Romanticism , cast judgement of their own on Puritans' treatment of sin, judgement, and human fallibility. Their stories often revealed the hypocrisy or failure of these religious and cultural institutions to perpetuate, rather than eradicate, the sins they were trying so forcefully to admonish.
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