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    <title>The Minister's Black Veil Group at eNotes</title>
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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the The Minister's Black Veil Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil," it is the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil," it is the ambiguity of the veil that creates the "Parable"; it is the doubt and ambiguity of the veil that most disturbs the congregation, and the fiancee of Mr. Hooper, as well.  For, like those who encounter Hester Prynne in "The Scarlet Letter" and blush or turn away, the people who look at the veil do not know if the minister is hiding something revealing in his eyes, or if he is...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The veil worn by Mr. Hooper, the minister in "The Minister's Black Veil"...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The veil worn by Mr. Hooper, the minister in "The Minister's Black Veil" is a symbol for the sins that mankind hides within.  It is not always representative of Hooper's own sin but those sins many others have committed.  The reason that it is difficult for the congregation and even his fiancee to look upon him is that they only see the veil.  They no longer see his kindness or good heart.  He opens his most significant sermon by...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is Mr. Hooper's sin in "The Minister's Black Veil"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is Mr. Hooper's sin in "The Minister's Black Veil"?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the short story 'The Minister's Black Veil' by Nathaniel Hawthorne,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the short story 'The Minister's Black Veil' by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the veil symbolises deceit in the sense of hiding the truth. Sometimes society as a whole is involved in some sort of cover-up, but sometimes individuals may have secrets from one another. For believers in God however, there can be no absolute secrets for He can see everything. Many people like to keep their thoughts and emotions private, sometimes this is their right and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 7 Dec 2009 06:11:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil," this passage is from the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil," this passage is from the sermon of the Reverend Mr.Hooper on the Sunday that he dons a black veil; his is a most powerful sermon as it seems

tinged, rather more darkly than usual, with the gentle gloom of Mr. Hooper's temperament.

Hawthorne writes that the members of the congregation feel as though Mr. Hooper is addressing them individually, for the black veil "throws its influence" onto the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 6 Dec 2009 19:51:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[From the short story, "The Minister's Black Veil" by Hawthorne. Please...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[From the short story, "The Minister's Black Veil" by Hawthorne. Please explain this phrase:]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 6 Dec 2009 18:53:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In short story "The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In short story "The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Please explain this phrase. Thank You!]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 6 Dec 2009 18:47:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "The Minister's Black Veil," the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "The Minister's Black Veil," the Minister Mr. Hooper dons a black veil one day after having an epiphany related to his desire to draw his flock away from sin. He wears the veil at all times without giving any explanation to his parishioners.The parishioners come to suspect that the veil represents some terrible hidden sin in the Minister's life, but they also feel that it gives him some other-worldly awe...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 10:00:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What does the symbol of the black veil reveal about the characters in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What does the symbol of the black veil reveal about the characters in "The Minister's Black Veil"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:38:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[They are "disturbed" for several reasons. First, the minister is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[They are "disturbed" for several reasons. First, the minister is well-respected and well-liked.  His wearing the veil makes the people question whether they truly know the person whom they have respected. Secondly, the congregation's human nature causes them to be curious (about what is under the veil) and perhaps a little distressed by their minister's decision to not be "open" with them as he had been before. Finally, Hawthorne's Puritans...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:28:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why are people are so disturbed by the veil in Hawthorne's short story?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why are people are so disturbed by the veil in Hawthorne's short story?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:45:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How might that the concept play out in "The Minister's Black Veil?"]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How might that the concept play out in "The Minister's Black Veil?"]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:45:03 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The context of the quote, "An unsought pathos came hand in hand with...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The context of the quote, "An unsought pathos came hand in hand with awe," is the occasion of an exceptional sermon delivered by the Reverend Mr. Hooper from behind his black veil. The narrator tells us that the sermon was delivered in Mr. Hooper's usual mild style that always portrayed a "gentle gloom" but that, in this sermon, there was a special power of conviction conveyed.
Mr. Hooper spoke of "secret sin" and "sad mysteries" that are...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:24:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How might that concept out in "The Minister's Veil?" and Ford's "Night...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How might that concept out in "The Minister's Veil?" and Ford's "Night Whiskey?"]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:26:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can you explain the quote "An unsought pathos came hand in hand with...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can you explain the quote "An unsought pathos came hand in hand with awe" from The Minister's Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[I have always read this story as part of Hawthorne's continuing...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have always read this story as part of Hawthorne's continuing exploration of a theme he expressed directly in The Scarlet Letter.

And be the stern and sad truth
spoken, that the breach which guilt has once made into the human
soul is never, in this mortal state, repaired. It may be watched
and guarded, so that the enemy shall not force his way again
into the citadel, and might even in his subsequent assaults,
select some other avenue, in...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:25:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hawthorne's story about a minister who wears a black veil to hide his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hawthorne's story about a minister who wears a black veil to hide his face from the world contains levels of meaning that is reflective of both his writing and the American literary movement at the time.  The story's macabre tone and repressive early-colonial New England Puritan setting are familiar elements in Hawthorne's fiction, and they serve to underscore the unsettling behavior of the main character and the work's concern with the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:52:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can anyone explain the meaning of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Minister's...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can anyone explain the meaning of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:50:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In The Minister's Black Veil, What are two passages in that are good...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In The Minister's Black Veil, What are two passages in that are good examples of Hawthorne's style of writing?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hooper is presented as an "ordinary" minister.  He is not a fire and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hooper is presented as an "ordinary" minister.  He is not a fire and brimstone preacher, but instead "strove to win his people heavenward      by mild persuasive influence rather than to drive them thither." After he dons the black veil, a simple piece of cloth that covered his face, the people, curious about why he did this since he offered no explanation, begin to speculate. 
When the Parson officiates at a funeral, Hawthorne remarks, “A...]]></description>
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