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The Minister's Black Veil


Father Hooper wears a black veil over his eyes and nose, never revealing
the reason of the veil to a soul. At times the sexton would insinuate a reason
behind the veil but never revealing the answer to the mystery. Father Hooper is
a very imaginative and creative individual to innovate the idea of wearing a
black veil to express an idea. He is angry towards the response of the veil to
his parishioners, since they treated him differently with the veil compared to
without it. Most of the parishioners are clueless to why he wears it and some
try to imagine why he would ever want to wear it, but there are only ideas and
arguments to why a minister would wear it.
One of the reasons behind the veil might be secret sin. Father Hooper
might have committed a very bad sin which he does not want to unveil to anyone.
Instead of not telling anyone the sin he shows it clearly on his face with the
aid of a black veil. This black veil might relieve tension in his......

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