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Romanticism In The Minister's Black Veil

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In the story of The Minister 's Black Veil occurred various of dramatic problems. There were multiple situations of things that were going on and that people won 't know the reasons why was that happening. Like the Minister that had the black veil multiple of people were judging him just because of his appearances and they didn 't eve knew the reasons why was he wearing the black veil. "I don 't like it," muttered an old woman, as she hobbled into the meeting-house. "He has changed himself into something awful, only by hiding his face” (Hawthorn 2 . That is how the Minister was treated and all the humiliations that he had to support from the people who surrounded him. He never got a positive comment from no one. “A rumor of some …show more content…

There are some characteristics of American Romanticism in this story in The Minister’s Black Veil. The characteristics of American Romanticism are that in the story of there is supernatural and mysterious there is also emotion using in it. “Mr. Hooper had the reputation of a good preacher, but not an energetic one: he strove to win his people heavenward by mild, persuasive influences, rather than to drive them thither by the thunders of the Word” (Hawthorne 3). That shows that he was really intellectual and that he did it for all people who surrounded him. He did his best to persuade people from his territory the importance of his philosophy and he also showed how much loved …show more content…

Mr. Hooper is also a romantic character on his protagonist in The Minister’s Black Veil because he tried to do his best for the people who surrounded him. Hawthorne also use romanticism by using emotion, the supernatural and mystery. It was a big mystery because no one knew about him, no one knew why was he wearing the black veil and many other things that happened there in the story that people won’t even knew about. He also showed emotion he did in word about how passionate he was for the things that he did and also by his facial expressions. Not everything on him locked fine his facial expressions looked like something serious was going on with him and the black veil demonstrated. Even though he didn’t said anything about why was he wearing it people can come out with their own conclusions that if he was covering his face and with a black veil the whole time that wasn’t anything normal. “I remind them of the popular adage that “the eyes are the windows of the soul.” The essence of what we communicate is not so much in our words, but in our

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