The Influence Of The Antichrist

However, there is another issue that is related to the influence of the religion in the short story and that is that some writers and critics believe that the Mr. Hooper has turned into the antichrist. E. Earle Stibitz argues that the story is one of a man of God turned antichrist (183). There is an explicit meaning of the veil as a symbol of a crime that Mr. Hooper had committed and this is referred to the young woman whose funeral, he conducts because, he might kill her and because of the sin he wears the veil. In this part specifically, he became too think that he fails God beliefs and here is where the antichrist idea became to light. On the other hand William Bysshe said that the parable of the black veil is the story of betrayal, of a man of God turned antichrist (392). There is an enough fundament of why some of these writers conclude that this story is related to the antichrist. The question is if Hawthorne tries to give this implicit idea of the antichrist or he was trying to give a different notion.

Hooper is in his deathbed; this part has been discusses for many writer for the fact that he ask to keep his veil when he die. G. A Santagelo said that, the black veil is a constant reminder that he is a fallen man who must walk in fear and trembling, that there is another death worse than physical death (64). The minister life is more complex that how it’s reflect in the story and he accept to wear the veil for a lifetime an example of how complex it is. Also the minister was dying everyday because his freedom wasn’t the same and that what is reflect in Santagelo quote, that there is another death worse the physical death; that happened to the minister everyday with the black veil that he was pushed to wear and make him feel death in