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Theme Of Sinner And Black Veil
In Edwards / hawthorne's theme of sinner and black veil is don’t judge people by their appearances, the way they change. Edwards and hawthorne had the same tone because of the way the people felt which was scared, and creeped out. Each author made the people feel the same way in the both passages. Base on “black veil,” had a symbol beneath which i lived and die. I looked around me, and lo. On everything the visage black veil. “Beloved and respect as you are, there may be whisper, that you’re hide your face under the consciousness of the secret sin. As we read this story “God is the most powerful man and can strike on anyone at anytime, but doesn’t.” because “ The bow of god’s wrath is bent, and the arrow’s made ready on the string.

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