Mr. Parson Hooper's The Black Veil
The black veil demonstrates something very powerful concerning human nature. In this story Mr. Hooper’s veil spark curiosity in the towns people that eventually leads to an anger. In one scene a man states “Something must surely be amiss with Mr. Hooper’s intellects” (258). The congregation begins to question Mr. Hoppers motives early on in the story, but interestingly this sparks an anger within, causing him to be the topic of gossip all over the town. After multiple attempts of questioning Mr. Hoppers motives Hawthorne reveals, “the whole village of Milford talked of little else than Parson Hooper’s black veil… meeting in the street and good women gossiping at their own windows” (259). The minister provokes the town of Milford to take