Similarities Between The Scarlet Letter And The Minister's Black Veil

In “The Minister’s Black Veil” Mr. Hooper shocks his townspeople by putting a veil permanently on his face. The veil is a paradox of concealment and revelation (Carnochan 186). Although it is concealing Mr. Hooper’s face, it is made to reveal the sins in society. The townspeople first believed that the veil was being used to hide a sin that Mr. Hooper had committed. Mr. Hooper says that the veil is supposed to be a symbol of sins in general, however the townspeople ignore the message and still focus on his sinfulness. The townspeople know that they have sinned, but they use Mr. Hooper as their own “veil” to hide their sins. Because the townspeople are so caught up on his sins, they fail to figure on the message behind Mr. Hooper’s action and

“Young Goodman Brown” and “The Scarlet Letter” have some similarities. The major similarity, however, is that in both stories the main character or characters are being tempted. Hester and Dimmesdale were tempted to have sex and Goodman Brown was tempted to wander into the forest and have his faith tested. Another similarity is that a theme in “Young Goodman Brown,” is that you can’t be accepted into society. In “The Scarlet Letter,” we see how Hester admitted to her sin and she was cast out, but she was eventually accepted into the community and looked up

In both the “Scarlet Letter” and “The Minister’s Black Veil,” Hawthorne showed that we tend to judge a book by its cover and not by its plot. Mr. Hooper and Dimmesdale have many things in common. They are both reverends and both held up high in their societies. They are also similar in that they both were hiding something from their townspeople. In Dimmesdale's’ case he was hiding the fact that he had committed adultery. In Mr. Hooper’s case, he was hiding his face behind a black veil to become a more effective role model amongst his townspeople. However, these characters secrets had different effects. Near Mr. Hooper’s death, the minister of Westbury says, “Dark old man! With what horrible crime upon your soul are you now passing to the judgment?”(story) Mr. Hooper replies says that there is no sin, the veil was used a symbol of how the Puritans are hypocrites because they see the wrongs in others, but can't admit to their own sins. Unlike Mr. Hooper who was set on keeping his secret, Dimmesdale’s secret starts to play mental games on him. Dimmesdale is a hypocrite himself, because he tells everyone to be pure, but he has committed adultery which was extremely bad in Puritan faith. Dimmesdale realizes that evil has overcome him and he finally confesses, which leads to his death. Although he was a hypocrite, he is a role model also because he came