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"Minister’s Black Veil" Hidden Sins "The Minister’s Black Veil", a literary masterpiece written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was a divergent parable for the period it was written. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote as an anti-transcendentalist in the transcendentalist period; as a result, his view’s in writings were mostly pessimistic considering his family’s sinfulness. Hawthorne’s grandfather was a judge in the Salem witch trails; for that reason, he was responsible for over twenty innocent …

…presence of the parson’s sinful face, it moved or shuttered; furthermore, Hawthorne is showing the reader that the parson can encounter the dead with his mysterious black veil. Leaving the funeral, "…the beares went heavily forth, and the mourners followed"(296), but Mr. Hopper stood at the end of the crowd so he can remain unseen. Clearly, Hawthorne wants the reader to know that the minister does not fit with the rest of the town.