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Edis Shanata
Professor J. Nader
LIT-601
December 3, 2006
Hawthorne's Veil: A Puritan History and Parable
The Puritan nature of Nathaniel Hawthorne's works is evident throughout The Minister's Black Veil. Much as the Puritans fled from their native England to escape what they felt was a state religion that had become mired in extravagance and ritual, so too does Hawthorne break with the traditions and airs behind which we hide our true selves. He uses his story's title character as a platform from which to specifically speak out against the possibility of true blamelessness on earth; from a wider perspective he is in fact reminding us that just as the Puritans sought to purify their faith through spare and austere method, so too must we constantly examine ourselves for deeper meaning and true motive behind our actions, never trusting in what facets of ourselves we deem fit to show in public. Hawthorne's Reverend Hooper cloaks himself behind an enigmatic black veil, drawing the increasingly overt curiosity of his congregation. The effect his willful veiling has upon the townsfolk is the crux of Hawthorne's theme, and it serves a double purpose. It is both a history and critique of Puritan culture of his time. Much as the Reverend Hooper's practicing his self-chastening in order to pursue his vision of enacted faith causes his shunning amongst the townsfolk, so too were the Puritans marginalized as extremists in the Anglican Church for practicing their own austere brand of Christianity; having thus alluded to the history of Puritanism, Hawthorne then moves to remind his readers, through Hooper, that if they are to maintain the severely chaste ideals of Puritanism, they too must look inward and scour for their true selves.
Hawthorne begins the story with an overview of traditional past Sundays in the village; through his description of children's "bright faces, tripping merrily beside their...
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