LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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He didn’t have to look at the ugly people’s faces.
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It brought light to the hidden sins of the people.
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His fiancee decided to marry him.
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The people started to like his new appearance.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The one positive benefit of the veil is that Mr. Hooper becomes a more efficient clergyman, gaining many converts who feel that they too are behind the black veil with him. Dying sinners call out for him alone.
Detailed explanation-2: -One positive effect of the veil is that Mr. Hooper becomes a more efficient clergyman (this is one of the text’s ironies) as he is now able to sympathize “with all dark affections.” What does Hawthorne mean by “dark affections”?
Detailed explanation-3: -Hooper: Reverend Hooper frightens his parishioners by wearing a black veil over his face at all times. Hooper’s veil renders him an outcast and causes his fiancee to break of their engagement.
Detailed explanation-4: -In what ways does the veil affect Mr. Hooper’s relationship with his congregation? They begin to distrust Hooper, they gossip about him and think he is holding back a secret.