Analysis Of The Minister's Black Veil

In “The Minister’s Black Veil” there are many secrets, many dark areas, both literal and metaphorical. These secrets aren’t necessarily centered on the minister but on the people around him. This is evidenced by their reaction to his sermon of secret sin while wearing the black veil. Their discomfort of the people is because of the veil. The black veil symbolizes the secret sins the people are hiding. It’s not the sin that the minister is carrying, it’s the sins other have that he’s carrying. Which has become a burden. The center of this story is the effect of the veil. The veil isn’t to hide the minister’s sins, it’s his congregation sins that he’s trying to conceal.
In like matter, the black veil represents mankind’s sins that they’re trying
In Article 2 it reads “, the people who look at the veil do not know if the minister is hiding something revealing in his eyes, or if he is shielding his eyes in order to scrutinize them. After Hooper's sermon, some went homeward alone, wrapped in silent meditation; some talked loudly, and profaned the Sabbath day with ostentatious laughter.... None, as on former occasions, aspired to the honor of walking by their pastor's side. “Instead of mankind figuring it out that they need to cleanse themselves of their sins, they shun the minister for his veil. They feared the veil and didn’t want to except that they might have sins of their own.It starts to become a burden on the minister because he has placed all of the sins of mankind onto himself so that they don’t have to face their own sins. He’s not wearing the veil to hid his sins but shows that their sins can’t be hidden either. Their sins will come to light as if they were wearing a veil on their
Even though the minister is seen as a saint and a man that can do no harm. He’s still a human being who makes mistakes. Stated in article 3, “, I look at the black veil in two ways, meaning that he could be mourning her death or he actually did commit adultery and feels bad, but wants everyone to know that even though he may be a leader he is also still a human, meaning humans accidentally sin by nature.” The minister may be taking on the burdens of others but the doesn’t exempt him from having “secret sins” of his own to hide from the image that was placed on to him. Everyone has flaws no one’s perfect.
As shown above, the black veil is a representation of the secret sins that people hide. The minister’s duty in a church is to be an image of holiness and to be nothing but good. The black veil was used as a symbol in a sermon. During this sermon the objective was to show man that sins cannot be hidden forever and will come to light. Instead of realizing that they had sins deep down that they need to face but instead was focused on the black veil and trying to figure out what the reasoning was that the good minister was wearing it. The black veil doesn’t symbolize his sins, but the burdens of everyone