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    Andy Biersack "Stand up for what you believe in‚ even if it means standing alone." Andy Biersack was born December 26‚ 1990. He is the vocalist and main lyricist for Black Veil Brides. Black Veil Brides is an American Rock band‚ created by Andy Biersack in 2006. The name Black Veil Brides is a Roman Catholic term for when a woman marries into the church and gives up all the pleasures of life to‚ devote her life to God. Biersack chose the name because he views rock and roll the same way. You devote

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    to draw their own conclusions. This is the case in “The Minister’s Black Veil”‚ Hawthorne first introduces symbolism when he introduces Minister Hooper‚ the religious Minister that begins wearing a black veil one day and continues to wear it until he dies. The use of symbolism the way Hawthorne portrays it allows the reader to draw their own conclusions about what the veil could mean. The only hint that is given to what the veil could relate to is at the very end of the story where the author states

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    Symbolism plays a major role in the “Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It influences the setting of the story and it complements the moral message. The minister‚ Mr. Hooper‚ has a lot of faith and is very committed to helping the society to be more faithful and closer to God. He lives a very harsh live being rejected by society and goes through unpleasant moments to achieve his original goal. When he decides to wear the black veil‚ he was not trying to be mysterious and create a gloomy

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    In “The Minister’s Black Veil”‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne suggests that some people find it easier to create outlandish stories rather than face the truth. Hawthorne discusses this through the reaction of the townspeople. The townsfolk question Mr. Hooper’s reasoning for the dreadful veil he wears. They are scared that Mr. Hopper may have found about about their secret sins. When Mr. Hooper‚ the minister‚ shows up for church wearing a black veil covering his face‚ people start to question if he is really

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    thought the minister wore the black veil that covered his face except from his mouth and his chin to hide from his parishioners as he did something to be embarrassed of. But after I finished reading I got various hints indicating that he wore the black veil to hide from his sin and secret. However‚ when Mr. Hopper’s wife asked him to take the veil away‚ he told her that he wore the veil as a symbol for his commitment to his religion. When parishioners saw Mr. Hopper wearing the veil‚ they were shocked

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    The Minister’s Black Veil The central theme of “The Minister’s Black Veil” revolves around the notion that everyone has secret sins of some sort that they covertly hide from other people’s view and how one’s soul will eventually be destroyed if these sins are not confessed. Reverend Hooper realizes this and says‚ as he lies dying‚ “I look around me‚ and‚ lo! on every visage a Black Veil!” Another theme that is presented is that of religion and the Puritan faith. Both Reverend Hooper and Reverend

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    "Reverend Mr. Hooper wore the black veil to symbolized secret sin; this veil represented how everyone has something in their heart that no one knows about." Everyone of these articles begins with a statement about secret sin and this why Reverend Hooper wore the black veil‚ the congregation were led to believe that the reason behind his choice to wear the black veil was because that had sinned himself and he was human and they were all to sin by nature. But the real choice behind this is that Reverend

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    Nick Sidoti April 14th 2014 English 132 Discussion 01-BA Heather Wayne The Quilt and Veil: Cloaking both Sin and Virtue In the Catholic Church there are seven deadly sins‚ which are clearly labeled in church teachings. Along with those seven deadly sins are seven virtues‚ which are to be acted out by each and every Catholic throughout their lives. Every deadly sin is paralleled with a virtue; the sin of lust‚ which is the most deadly sin according to the Catholic Church‚ is compared

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    Jonathan Edwards was a minister who gave the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Ao” to his congregation. Edwards did this to connect to his people on a personal level‚ The theme of Edwards sermon is for people not to sin. His writing was very dark and intense to say the least. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the “Minister’s Black Veil.” Hawthorn did this to show how something as simple as a black veil can change someone’s life. Out of the two pieces of writing jonathan Edwards had the stronger of

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    are very good lawyers for our own mistakes‚ but very good judges for the mistakes of others.” In “The Ministers Black Veil‚” Nathanial Hawthorne exposes a theme of revealed sin and underlying guilt. Throughout the story‚ the author creates this idea that people spend a lot of their time judging others by their actions rather than by their own. Reverend Hooper chooses to never remove the black veil. It conveys this feeling of secret sin and is only confirmed when at his deathbed‚ he says that everyone

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