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    <title>The Minister's Black Veil: A Paradigm Group at eNotes</title>
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        <title><![CDATA[By donning the veil, Mr. Hooper of "The Minister's Black Veil" creates...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[By donning the veil, Mr. Hooper of "The Minister's Black Veil" creates an ambiguity that thereby leads to interpretation of motive by each member of the congregation. 

Each member of the congregation, the most innocent girl, and the man of hardened brest, felt as if the preacher had crept upon them, behind his awful veil, and discovered their hoarded iniquity of deed or thought.  Many spread their clasped hands on their bosoms....An...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:18:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What emotions does Mr. Hooper evoke in his congregation that he never did?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What emotions does Mr. Hooper evoke in his congregation that he never did?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:32:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[As the congregation gathers in the meeting house, the sexton cries, "But...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As the congregation gathers in the meeting house, the sexton cries, "But what has good Parson Hooper got upon his face?"  When another member of the congregation repeats "good Mr. Hooper," indications, then, are that the minister is well-liked and respected.
However, when the perception of "good Mr. Hooper" changes, so, too, do opinions.  "I don't like it," one old woman peremptorily exclaims:

'He has changed himself into something awful,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:10:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Before Mr. Hooper began wearing the veil, the congregation held great...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Before Mr. Hooper began wearing the veil, the congregation held great respect for him. In fact, it was a tradition that he be invited to dinner after each sermon. After the sermon, there were many who were also ready to offer their praises of his message. He was always welcome at any celebration, especially weddings.
After Mr. Hooper began wearing the veil, the congregation became uneasy around him. He wasn't invited to dinner, People started...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:41:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "The Minister's Black Veil", how does Mr. Hooper's relationship with...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "The Minister's Black Veil", how does Mr. Hooper's relationship with his congregation change after he starts wearing the black veil?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:25:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When Elizabeth, Mr. Hooper's fiancee, asks him to remove the veil and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When Elizabeth, Mr. Hooper's fiancee, asks him to remove the veil and explain to her why he put it on in the first place, he responds that he cannot.  When he refuses to remove the veil, she presses him to at least explain himself, to "remove the mystery from his words".  The minister says only that he has vowed to wear the veil forever, as "a type and symbol", and as she receives his explanation, Elizabeth is suddenly stricken with a sense...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:48:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What reasons does Mr. Hooper give when refusing to remove his veil to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What reasons does Mr. Hooper give when refusing to remove his veil to his fiancee in The Minister's Black Veil:  A Paradigm?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:06:28 PST</pubDate>
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But there was one person in the village, unappalled by the awe with...]]></title>
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But there was one person in the village, unappalled by the awe with which the black veil had impressed all beside herself....she, with the calm energy of her character, determined to chase away the strange cloud that appeared to be settling round Mr. Hooper, every moment more darkly than before.

Undisturbed by the mystery of the black veil, Elizabeth, Mr. Hooper's fiancee, feels that it should be "her privilege" to know what this veil...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:13:03 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[With what emotions does Elizabeth regard the veil at first and later on?...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[With what emotions does Elizabeth regard the veil at first and later on? What do her reactions suggest about the veil as a symbol?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:39:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The most important character in "The Minister's Black Veil" is the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The most important character in "The Minister's Black Veil" is the Reverend Hooper (the minister of the title); his fiance, Elizabeth, also plays into the story significantly as she, in some ways, personifies or gives a more personal voice to the other characters in the community (like Goodman Gray).  For instance, she tells Hooper that he should do away with the veil "For the sake of his holy office" (1257, Norton Anthology 1998).  Another...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:24:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Hawthorne's enigmatic story, "The Minister's Black Veil," the main...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Hawthorne's enigmatic story, "The Minister's Black Veil," the main character is the Reverend Mr. Hooper, his fiancee is named Elizabeth.  No other character is named other than "Goodman Gray," who is symbolic of all the Puritan men and Mr. Clark.  At the end of the story as Mr. Hooper dies, the Reverend Mr. Clark of Westbury arrives; he is "a young and zealous divine, who had ridden in haste to pray by the bedside of the expiring...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:07:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Who are the characters in "The Minister's Black Veil"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Who are the characters in "The Minister's Black Veil"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:47:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[While they are unable to pinpoint their exact reason for uneasiness,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[While they are unable to pinpoint their exact reason for uneasiness, Minister Hooper finds himself in a self imposed exile from the company of his fellow man once he assumes the veil.  It seems at first that they are uncomfortable with this new appearance and fear what it is he hides.  If we believe Minister Hooper's dying words, then it is symbolic of secret sin that lies in the hearts of all man; therefore, if they shudder at the sight of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:38:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the reason that the townspeople react so strongly to the veil?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/ministers-black/q-and-a/what-reason-that-townspeople-react-strongly-veil-60493</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is the reason that the townspeople react so strongly to the veil?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:33:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In explaining the meaning of the black veil, start with the meaning of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In explaining the meaning of the black veil, start with the meaning of its two parts. Blackness refers to darkness, both literal and symbolic. It refers to night, death, sin, depression, and loss. A veil hides someone and sets him or her off from the world. Combine them, and you get someone who is set off from the world through a barrier of pain, loss, sin, and death. For some in his congregation, this produces, we are told &quot; a feeling of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 6 Nov 2008 07:33:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;The Minister's Black Veil, what are the symbolic implications...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;The Minister's Black Veil, what are the symbolic implications of looking at the world through a black veil?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 6 Nov 2008 07:25:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The effect of the veil is rather frightening at both events. During the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The effect of the veil is rather frightening at both events. During the dead girls' funeral, Hooped bends over the coffin of the dead and has to grasp on to the veil to prevent it from falling away from his face. A woman in the crowd says she saw the corpse shudder when he did this. The veil definitely casts a pall over the proceedings. Later that night, Hooper must preside at a wedding. All the guests think he will arrive without the veil....]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 2 Nov 2008 17:47:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Would you describe the narrator's tone as neutral or emotional. Write...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Would you describe the narrator's tone as neutral or emotional. Write down words and phrases that contribute to the story's tone]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 2 Nov 2008 17:43:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hooper presides at both a funeral and a wedding. How do people react to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hooper presides at both a funeral and a wedding. How do people react to the presence of the veil at each event?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 2 Nov 2008 15:55:49 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The narrator says, &quot;Among all its bad influences, the black veil...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The narrator says, &quot;Among all its bad influences, the black veil had the one desirable effect, of making its wearer a very efficient clergyman. By the aid of his mysterious emblem--for there was no other apparent cause--he became a man of awful power over souls that were in agony for sin.&quot;This is a very specific kind of clergyman--one very Puritan, and very much in line with other works by Hawthorne. As far as why, there are several...]]></description>
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