The Minister’s Black Veil. The story “The Minister’s Black Veil” is symbolic of the hidden sins that we 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 …showed first 75 words of 595 total…

…showed last 75 words of 595 total…feared. In reality Mr. Hooper didn’t change at all. He was the same kind and gentle man with the slight smile gracing his face. Only by adding of a simple cloth did the person they once knew change into a stranger in their own eyes. A simple difference in appearance can change a persons life in a multitude of ways. The veil was a thin obstacle separating Hooper from his own people. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**