One aspect of Romanticism is that the writing is Psychological (focused ont he inner workings of characters' minds). How is "The Minister's Black Veil" psychological? Explain with some specific details.
This story is a perfect example on how psycological aspects play a huge role in Romantic ism writing. This story goes into the mind of the main character, Mr. Hooper, to show the reader what exactly he is going through. It goes from the beggining of the story showing the people in his sermon confused as to what is going on to finding out this man has commited a horrible sin making him go crazy and die. The thought of what he has done makes him gp insane and ruin his marriage. The sin of commiting adultery and living with this sin on his face forever puts him in his grave. "...then deem me a monster for the symbol beneath which i have lived, and die! I look around me, and, lo! on every visage a Black Veil" Indeed, by the end of this story, Mr. hooper is killed by his Black Veil.
The minister had some psychological confusion with what he did and didn't think about how it could have affected the people and their opinion of him. The psychological confusion of the minister is shown by wearing the veil and how the veil reflects what the minister was thinking in his mind.
The "Minister's Black Veil" has a lot of physcological themes in it. The main character Mr. Hooper really expresses how feels about everyone throughout the story. Hooper really talks about how he believes that everyones sins. He believes that the puritans act all good and praise god, but he belives that they all sin making them hypacrits.
"The Minister's Black Veil" is psychological because it literally shows the effects that the veil has on the members of the church. People start to change, and start to obsess over the veil. The veil is almost like a mind-control device that brain washes the church-goers into being scared of being bad people.
The "Minister's Black Veil" has a lot of physcological themes in it. The main character Mr. Hooper really expresses how feels about everyone throughout the story. Hooper really talks about how he believes that everyones sins. He believes that the puritans act all good and praise god, but he belives that they all sin making them hypacrits.
A major conflict within this story was man versus society: by remaining pure to his symbolic gesture Father Hooper subsequently also faced rejection and alienation. So, in a way, he also faced a conflict within himself. He had to choose between remaining faithful to his beliefs and what he held to be the will of God, and the deep happiness that comes from love and acceptance within society. This conflict within himself tore him apart, and made him a miserable man of solitude. He recognized that by making this decision in his life he also consequently decided to be completely alienated from society. This is made apparent in the very end when he questions, “Have men avoided me, and women shown no pity, and children screamed and fled.” This made him very upset, and he wished that it could be another way. But within himself he recognized that he was the only righteous and good soul, and that everyone else in society was being a hypocrite. This is shown in his last line, “I look around me and, lo! On every visage a Black Veil!”
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ReplyDeleteThis story is a perfect example on how psycological aspects play a huge role in Romantic
ReplyDeleteism writing. This story goes into the mind of the main character, Mr. Hooper, to show the reader what exactly he is going through. It goes from the beggining of the story showing the people in his sermon confused as to what is going on to finding out this man has commited a horrible sin making him go crazy and die. The thought of what he has done makes him gp insane and ruin his marriage. The sin of commiting adultery and living with this sin on his face forever puts him in his grave. "...then deem me a monster for the symbol beneath which i have lived, and die! I look around me, and, lo! on every visage a Black Veil" Indeed, by the end of this story, Mr. hooper is killed by his Black Veil.
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The minister had some psychological confusion with what he did and didn't think about how it could have affected the people and their opinion of him. The psychological confusion of the minister is shown by wearing the veil and how the veil reflects what the minister was thinking in his mind.
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The "Minister's Black Veil" has a lot of physcological themes in it. The main character Mr. Hooper really expresses how feels about everyone throughout the story. Hooper really talks about how he believes that everyones sins. He believes that the puritans act all good and praise god, but he belives that they all sin making them hypacrits.
ReplyDelete"The Minister's Black Veil" is psychological because it literally shows the effects that the veil has on the members of the church. People start to change, and start to obsess over the veil. The veil is almost like a mind-control device that brain washes the church-goers into being scared of being bad people.
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The "Minister's Black Veil" has a lot of physcological themes in it. The main character Mr. Hooper really expresses how feels about everyone throughout the story. Hooper really talks about how he believes that everyones sins. He believes that the puritans act all good and praise god, but he belives that they all sin making them hypacrits.
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A major conflict within this story was man versus society: by remaining pure to his symbolic gesture Father Hooper subsequently also faced rejection and alienation. So, in a way, he also faced a conflict within himself. He had to choose between remaining faithful to his beliefs and what he held to be the will of God, and the deep happiness that comes from love and acceptance within society. This conflict within himself tore him apart, and made him a miserable man of solitude. He recognized that by making this decision in his life he also consequently decided to be completely alienated from society. This is made apparent in the very end when he questions, “Have men avoided me, and women shown no pity, and children screamed and fled.” This made him very upset, and he wished that it could be another way. But within himself he recognized that he was the only righteous and good soul, and that everyone else in society was being a hypocrite. This is shown in his last line, “I look around me and, lo! On every visage a Black Veil!”
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