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Themes in Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil
Like many writers of his time, Hawthorne emphasized man's inner
reality, and those thoughts and feelings which are not immediately apparent.
As he explored this internal nature, he not only found the source of
dignity and virtue, but also certain elements of darkne ....
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.... of the frightening effect
of the veil derives from the knowledge that the person behind it can see
everything without being seen himself:
"Each member of the congregation, the most innocent girl, and the man of
hardened breast, felt as if the preacher had crept upon them, behind this
awful veil, and discovered their hoarded inequity of deed or thought."
Because the members of the congregation cannot see where their minister is
looking, they imagine that they are being observed more closely than usual.
This notion is strengthened by the subject of the sermon, wh ....
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