Hidden Sins
The veil represents this hidden part of every human
What is secret sin?
This is the item Mr. Hooper begins wearing
What is a black veil?
The townspeople feel this emotion when they see the veil
What is fear?
The veil is this type of literary device
What is a Symbol?
The story takes place in this religious community
What is a Puritan town?
Hooper says everyone wears a veil, meaning everyone hides this
What is sin?
This is Mr. Hooper's job in the town
What is a minister?
The veil causes Hooper to experience this from his community
What is isolation?
The dark feeling of the story is created through this.
What is mood
Hawthorne's style of writing focused on darkness and human flaws
The story says people judge others while ignoring this about themselves
What is their own sin?
This woman leaves Hooper because he refuses to remove the veil
Who is Elizabeth?
Hooper refuses to remove the veil even during this event
What is his wedding?
The veil appears throughout the story making it this repeated device
What is a symbol?
This religious group influenced the setting and themes in the story
Who are the Puritans?
At the end of his life Hooper says that remvoing the veil would not remove this condition
What is hidden guilt?
At the end of the story, Hooper does this while still wearing the veil
What is dies?
The community is more disturbed by the veil than by their own?
What is sin?
The veil represents the idea that people hide this from others and even from themselves
What is their true selves?
Hawthorne explores how guilt and secret sins affect people's minds and this part of their life
What is conscience?
The story shows that sin is something all humans have, meaning sin is
What is universal?
Elizabeth is upset because Hooper refuses to do this for her
What is take off the veil?
The townspeople's reaction shows this flaw in human behavior
What is hypocrisy?
The veil makes visible what is normally this
What is hidden?
The Minister's Black Veil explores the effects of this moral burden
What is guilt?