"Know, then, this veil is a type and a symbol, and I am bound to wear it ever, both in light and darkness, in solitude and before the gaze of multitudes, and as with strangers, so with my familiar friends. ... Through the characters in "The Minister's Black Veil," Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays the effects of moral uncertainty and mystery within a Puritan community. ...
While other characters attempt to influence the two, they both remain very individualistic in there own idea's. ... Supporting characters also played a major role in each respective story. ... Age difference is a major difference between the two lead characters. ... When questioning our beliefs we often seek the council of friends, family, lovers , clergy, or even strangers. ...
Rappaccini's garden sets the stage of this fable, while the characters of the story each represent the important figures from the Genesis account. Through the literary devices of poetic and descriptive diction, Nathaniel Hawthorne conveys the symbolism of these characters, as well as the setting. ... Hawthorne uses poetic diction when he writes, " the impression which the fair stranger made upon him was as if here were another flower as beautiful as they, more beautiful than the richest of them." ...
From Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl, the illegitimate daughter of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmsdale. Because Pearl was born from a man other than Hestor's husband, the townspeople call her the devil child. At first, P...
This relationship is integral to the theme of this novel and the development of its characters. ... Around strangers, and at certain times at home, this poor child becomes merely an "unpremeditated offshoot of a passionate moment." ... Pearl's role in this novel is, clearly, to serve as a representation of Hester's sin and act as a "filler" to Hester's character. ... Hester did have Pearl, that is what makes this novel a story worth reading, and that is what makes these characters worth studying. ...
The Minister's Black Veil In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil", the author chooses to mask the character of the minister with the black veil to construct an allegory that would compare sin concocted by imagination with unrecognized sin of one's self. ... Yet another character trait held by this community is its inability to cope with even the slightest bit of change. ... Only by adding of a simple cloth did the person they once knew change into a stranger in their own eyes. ...
The themes of personal guilt and an individual's place in society are examined in this novel and the symbol of the scarlet letter A is used to illustrate the manner in which the main characters deal with this guilt. ... When strangers looked curiously at the scarlet letter, "and none ever failed to do so, "they branded it afresh into Hester's soul; so that, oftentimes, she could scarcely refrain, yet always did refrain, from covering the symbol with her hand" (Hawthorne, 93). ...
In many stories there is always that one character that changes throughout the course of the book. In The Scarlet Letter the main character that changes is Hester. ... In chapter 2, Hawthorne writes, "He laid his right hand upon the shoulder of a young woman, whom he thus drew forward; until on the threshold of the prison-door, she repelled him, by an action marked with natural dignity and force of character, and stepped into the open air as if by her own free will.... When strangers looked curiously at The Scarlet Letter, - and none ever failed to do so, - they branded it afresh in Heste...
