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Group 6:

Hooper's sin would be committing adultery when engaged to another lady. He would use his veil to quietly atoning and repent for his sins without verbally saying so.

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"There is an hour to come, said he, "when all of us shall cast aside our veils..."

Hooper says he will keep on his veil until everyone else puts it on. Further proving that he did this as an example and to prove a point.

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He was having affairs and that him holding hands with the girl that died and to be assumed they were having relations (him wearing the veil was him repenting for the relations he had

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the veil represents his congregation sin

the parishioners hold the sin

the minister wants people to feel ok to display your sins

everyone sins, they should not be hidden

sin is normal, it is mortal

sin goes away when someone dies

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his falling led to people being able to be more authentic

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The Minster wears the veil as a fear for his fiance, as he broke her trust. This allows him to avoid eye contact as a symbol for his embarrassment.

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1. After his argument with Elizabeth, his deep guilt is shown, tying into his relationship with the dead girl.

2. His sin is concealed with the black view while his wife was one of the parishioners. Him hiding his face shows how he was hiding another mistress, which his wife was aware of, thus telling him to take off his black veil, or his "hidden sin."

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in the quotes of the story Poe argues that the veil might be to block Hooper from looking at his fiance because he is embarrassed after he broke her trust. It's argued that he is trying to not create eye contact with her and hide his face from the sins he has done.

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Veil stands for everyone's hidden sin, ""If I hide my face for sorrow, there is cause enough," he merely replied; "and if I cover it for secret sin, what mortal might not do the same?""(Hawthorne 8), Hooper says this because he believes that every moral has sinned

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Everyone has sins and he was representing that

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Hooper wears his veil because he is scared to look at his fiancé because he cheated on her. Sinning is the reason for the veil. Hooper wears this to avoid eye contact due to embarrassment.

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Group 8 argument:

-Hooper's guilt is very strong and his argument with his potential wife, Elizabeth, shows that he is willing to commit only to facing his sins.

-Elizabeth and the other parishioners could see through his sin. He could have had a mistress, which was assumed after the young woman's funeral.

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he wears the veil because he's scared of the lady and wants to avoid contact as he's embarrassed of himself and the sins he has commited, therefore stating that she is the reason for the veil

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He lived his life open about sin so he could show people those who sin are still faithful to God.

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Argument goes beyond the sin itself:

They claim that is the ministers struggles lead to other people going to salvation.

He used his own confessions of sins to make other people feel better.

He lived his life open about his sin. Preached that you can sin but still be faithful to your faith.

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- The minister's choice to wear the veil is to represent mortal sin as a whole. It gets people to reflect on their own sins and this teaching painted him in a strange light, making him more popular.

- because he was known as a good preacher, it was his responsibility to make people face their secret sins. Due to his good reputation, he takes it up on himself to make the parishioners acknowledge their own sins. This shows how much of an amazing preacher he is.

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the minister wears the veil because he broke his wifes trust and cant look at her directly anymore

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During the funeral when the lady suggest that "The minister and the maiden's spirit were walking hand in hand." indicated that the minister was having an affair This veil symbolizes the affair/sin and is seen when the corpse twitched when he looked down at her.

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he had a mistress, the prayer that he gave was more impact then what he gave for anyone else

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Minister committed a sin against the girl at the funeral

He was mysterious but during the funeral he was silent

The veil shows the guilt for the sin that was committed

He was afraid of being near Elizabeth

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afraid of his wife

afraid she would "catch" his son and guilt

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The veil is a display of universal guilt. The ministers ability to wear his idea of sin publicly normalizes the mistakes everyone makes. However, it is still important to correct these immoral behaviors.

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-the minister committed a sin with the maiden at the funeral

-Throughout the story he was mysterious but during the funeral he was silent and acted different

-the minister was opposed to having his veil removed while alive so it represented the guilt he felt

-was afraid of going near Elizabeth and also depicted him being afraid of himself

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sin is normal and people shouldn't try to face away from it

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Died with his sin

kept the guilt with him

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The miniesters choice to wear the black veil because he chooses to represent sin as a whole to his parishioners, he personifies mortal sin to help others to reflect on their own sin and hidden guilt. As the parishioners saw the black veil they felt very negative towards it bu was mainly because they saw their own hidden guilt and secret sin, because he is a good preacher he chooses to show the symbol of the black veil to the parishioners.

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very mysterious so he had to be hiding something

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He uses his own shortcomings to bring others to salvations.

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Committed a sin against the maiden.

He was acting strangely at the funeral