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Detailed explanation-1: -Hooper is doomed to be lonely. Elizabeth understands why Mr. Hooper wears the veil. Elizabeth rejects him only because she’s worried of scandal.

Detailed explanation-2: -Elizabeth is Hooper’s fiancée at the beginning of the story. After he begins wearing his veil, she is the only person in Milford who isn’t immediately afraid of him. When Hooper refuses to show his face and explain himself, she begins to fear him, and shortly thereafter she breaks off the engagement.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -’ Hooper’s response is to say: ‘If I hide my face for sorrow, there is cause enough … and if I cover it for secret sin, what mortal might not do the same? ‘ This is Hooper’s position throughout ‘The Minister’s Black Veil’: the sins he speaks of, and the veil he wears, are common to all mankind, not just to Mr.

Detailed explanation-5: -The moral of “The Minister’s Black Veil” is that secret sins separates people from those around them. In the story, Minister Hooper begins to wear a dark veil that covers his face. The veil represents secret sin and causes people to avoid him.