nced from youth" (Hawthorne, 1832/1990, p. 754) there in the forest, including his wife, Faith, he loses heart, or faith, in his Puritan faith at the hypocrisy that he has witnessed, committing further sin by withdrawing from his community in his naive arrogance.
In the tale, "The Minister's Black Veil", Hawthorne delves more into the concept of withdrawing from the community and suspected sin by describing a minister who has taken to wearing a black crape over his face. Until he began wearing the veil, he had been considered a good and saintly man and betrothed to a good woman. Afterwards the reactions toward him are mixed as he won't tell clearly why he wears the veil so some assume the reason to be a secret sin, though it may just as easily be a secret sorrow. On the other hand, wearing the crape m
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