Hawthorne short stories
Nathaniel Hawthorne explores a similar theme, People who are unable to accept the evils and joys of life will live and die in despair, in his short stories, The Minister’s Black veil, Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment, and Young Goodmen Brown.
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, The Ministers Black Veil, The minister was unable to accept his evils and joys of his life. The minister felt he should wear a veil to hide his guilt, but his guilt was a secret. The veil played a greater purpose to the congregation. A quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne states, “Each member of the congregation, the most innocent girl, and the man of hardened breast, felt as if the minister had crept upon them, behind this awful veil, and discovered their hoarded inequity of deed or thought.” The congregation felt the minister was always observing them closely all the time. This shows the people felt guilt and were hiding sin which made them feel shame. This made everyone nervous and afraid of judgement in effect the people judged the minister harshly and shun the minister. In a way them minister did not accept his joys rather his evils and lived in disappear, but in doing so he showed his congregation a lesson as well.
In Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dr.Heidegger and his four friends were unable to accept their evils and joys of life. In their youth Dr.Heidegger lost the love of his life accidentally, Mr.Gacoigne was a failed politician, Widow Wyckerly was concerned with her looks in youth, but old age took them, Colonel Killigrew fell prey to sins and Mr.Medborne lost all his fortune gambling. All friends used water from a fountain of youth, although Dr.Heidegger used it for a rose. Dr. Heidegger put a rose his fiancé gave him fifty years ago in the water. The water brought it back to life, while the four friends drank the water to become young again. The rose come back to life as well as the four friends to their youthful age. Soon the four friends
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, The Ministers Black Veil, The minister was unable to accept his evils and joys of his life. The minister felt he should wear a veil to hide his guilt, but his guilt was a secret. The veil played a greater purpose to the congregation. A quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne states, “Each member of the congregation, the most innocent girl, and the man of hardened breast, felt as if the minister had crept upon them, behind this awful veil, and discovered their hoarded inequity of deed or thought.” The congregation felt the minister was always observing them closely all the time. This shows the people felt guilt and were hiding sin which made them feel shame. This made everyone nervous and afraid of judgement in effect the people judged the minister harshly and shun the minister. In a way them minister did not accept his joys rather his evils and lived in disappear, but in doing so he showed his congregation a lesson as well.
In Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dr.Heidegger and his four friends were unable to accept their evils and joys of life. In their youth Dr.Heidegger lost the love of his life accidentally, Mr.Gacoigne was a failed politician, Widow Wyckerly was concerned with her looks in youth, but old age took them, Colonel Killigrew fell prey to sins and Mr.Medborne lost all his fortune gambling. All friends used water from a fountain of youth, although Dr.Heidegger used it for a rose. Dr. Heidegger put a rose his fiancé gave him fifty years ago in the water. The water brought it back to life, while the four friends drank the water to become young again. The rose come back to life as well as the four friends to their youthful age. Soon the four friends