Compare And Contrast Young Goodman Brown And The Minister's Black Veil
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Minister’s Black Veil” both deal heavily in the topics of secret sin and hypocrisy. In both stories what these men hide from their family and community ultimately lead to their sad and lonely demise. Hooper hides his face and sins behind a veil and Brown keeps his encounter with witches a secret. Even though both of these stories exhibit different characters, setting, and time frame; they both share the same general concepts, tone, and theme. The first theme whose presence is very apparent is that of secret sin. In “The Minister’s Black Veil” Hooper wears a veil to symbolize the figurative veil that people hide behind. Hooper never directly says what sin he has or has not committed,