LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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they all quickly adjust to his appearance
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two fo the children start o laugh at the strange sight
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no one wants to walk beside him to dinner
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Mr. Hooper goes directly home instead of greeting people
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Detailed explanation-1: -After the end of the first service on the first Sunday Mr. Hooper wears the veil what happens? They all quickly adjust to his appearance.
Detailed explanation-2: -When he is confronted about it, Hooper tells them that they should not be scared by his veil alone, because when he looks at them, they are all wearing black veils too. Having shocked everyone around him with this enigmatic announcement, Hooper dies, with the black veil still covering his face.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hooper respond when the parishioners first react to his veil? He nods kindly at them.
Detailed explanation-4: -The black veil is a symbol of secret sin and how terrible human nature can be. This could represent the secret sin that all people carry in their hearts, or it could be a representation of Mr. Hooper’s specific sin, which some readers think to be adultery.
Detailed explanation-5: -We can say that, by overtly wearing a visible black veil, Rev. Hooper discloses to his parishioners that he is not disclosing to them his particular (i.e., concrete, individual) sins. In doing this, of course, he does confess the abstract fact that he is sinful.