Essay Archive - The Minister's Black Veil
The Minister's Black Veil
Father Hooper wears a black veil over his eyes and nose, never revealing
the reason of the veil to a soul. At times the sexton would insinuate a reason
behind the veil but never revealing the answer to the mystery. Father Hooper is
a very imaginative and creative individual to innovate the idea of wearing a
black veil to express an idea. He is angry towards the response of the veil to
his parishioners, since they treated him differently with the veil compared to
without it. Most of the parishioners are clueless to why he wears it and some
try to imagine why he would ever want to wear it, but ther....
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