The Minister's Black Veil Response Paper
Pimsucha K.
Ms. Amy Angelo
English III Honors
20/11/17
Response to Literature: The Minister’s Black Veil
Romanticism is a period of aritistic, aesthetic, imagination, and individualism. It orginated in the late eighteenth century. The Minister’s Black Veil, a parable by Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the literature which reflects the concept of romanticism. The Minister’s Black Veil is a story about Reverend Hooper, a minister in Milford, New England. Hooper delivered a sermon while wearing a black veil on Sabbath day. The Puritan townspeople and the church goers started to gossip and spread rumors about his reasons for wearing the veil. The Minister’s Black Veil has a style of writing, the use of psychological approach, and a reflection …show more content…
The language Hawthorne uses in the Minister’s Black Veil focuses on the eerie sense and aspect of life. From the start, readers can notice the dark and gloomy tone because of Hawthorne’s word choice. At the beginning of the story, Hawthorne describes the Hooper’s sermon as “It was tinged, rather more darkly than usual, with the gentle gloom of Mr. Hooper’s temperament” (...). This quote shows how Hawthorne’s selection of word affects the tone and mood of the story. He sets the scene of Hooper’s sermon that it was mysterious and dark. Hawthorne also describe the Black veil which contributed to the overall theme of the secret sin that he may be hiding from everyone else. As the story progresses, the tone gets more gloomy and it can be seen that veil symbolizes something with a powerful meaning. It can be seen when the author wrote “Further than to give a darkened aspect to all living and inanimate things. With this gloomy shade before him” (...). Moreover, the use of imagery paints a picture for the reader to know that there is something hidden beneath the veil. The gloomy shade of the veil can be depicted as strange and
Ms. Amy Angelo
English III Honors
20/11/17
Response to Literature: The Minister’s Black Veil
Romanticism is a period of aritistic, aesthetic, imagination, and individualism. It orginated in the late eighteenth century. The Minister’s Black Veil, a parable by Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the literature which reflects the concept of romanticism. The Minister’s Black Veil is a story about Reverend Hooper, a minister in Milford, New England. Hooper delivered a sermon while wearing a black veil on Sabbath day. The Puritan townspeople and the church goers started to gossip and spread rumors about his reasons for wearing the veil. The Minister’s Black Veil has a style of writing, the use of psychological approach, and a reflection …show more content…
The language Hawthorne uses in the Minister’s Black Veil focuses on the eerie sense and aspect of life. From the start, readers can notice the dark and gloomy tone because of Hawthorne’s word choice. At the beginning of the story, Hawthorne describes the Hooper’s sermon as “It was tinged, rather more darkly than usual, with the gentle gloom of Mr. Hooper’s temperament” (...). This quote shows how Hawthorne’s selection of word affects the tone and mood of the story. He sets the scene of Hooper’s sermon that it was mysterious and dark. Hawthorne also describe the Black veil which contributed to the overall theme of the secret sin that he may be hiding from everyone else. As the story progresses, the tone gets more gloomy and it can be seen that veil symbolizes something with a powerful meaning. It can be seen when the author wrote “Further than to give a darkened aspect to all living and inanimate things. With this gloomy shade before him” (...). Moreover, the use of imagery paints a picture for the reader to know that there is something hidden beneath the veil. The gloomy shade of the veil can be depicted as strange and