Loneliness/Isolation in "The Minister's Black Veil" and the Life of HawthorneIn Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale, "The Minister's Black Veil", we see and feel the loneliness/isolation of the minister, Reverend Mr. Hooper. Isn't this solitude a reflection of the author's own life? According to AN Kaul in his Introduction to Hawthorne – A Collection of Critical Essays, the themes of isolation and alienation were those with which Hawthorne was "deeply concerned" in his writings (2) At the beginning of the tale "The Veil minister's black," the sexton is ringing the church bell while watching Mr. Hooper's door, when suddenly he says, "But what has good Pastor Hooper got on his face? » The surprise shown by the sacristan is repeated in the astonishment of the spectators: “By mutual agreement, they left, expressing even more wonder. . .” The reason is this: “A black veil is wrapped around his forehead and hangs over his face, so low that it is shaken by his breath. The 30-year-old single pastor receives varying reactions from his congregation: “I don't really get the impression that the face of good Mr. Hooper is hidden behind that piece of pancake. "He transformed into something horrible, only by hiding his face." "Our priest has gone mad!" Few people could help but turn their heads towards the door. . . ... . more than one woman with delicate nerves was forced to leave the meeting house. Hawthorne, after exposing the surprised people to the veil of sand, develops the protagonist through a description of some of his less exotic and curious characteristics: Mr. Hooper had the reputation of a good preacher, but not an energetic preacher : he strove to win his people towards heaven by gentle and persuasive influences, rather than to push them there by the thunders of the Word. The sermon which he now delivered was marked by the same characteristics of style and manner as the general series of his pulpit oratory. However, on this first day when he wore his black veil, there is a peculiar difference in Hooper's sermon: But there was something, either in the sentiment of the speech itself, or in the imagination of the hearers, who made it by far the most powerful effort they had ever heard from their pastor. It was tinged, a little darker than usual, with the sweet sadness of M...