What revelation does Elizabeth experience in the Minister’s Black Veil?

Asked by: Benjamin Mathis

Elizabeth realizes that the world will judge Mr. Hooper for the veil even if it’s only a sign of an innocent sorrow, as he says. Elizabeth isn’t afraid of the veil at first. She says that the only problem with it is that it hides the face of the person she loves.

What does Elizabeth do in The Minister’s Black Veil?

Elizabeth is Hooper’s fiancée at the beginning of the story. After he begins wearing his veil, she is the only person in Milford who isn’t immediately afraid of him. When Hooper refuses to show his face and explain himself, she begins to fear him, and shortly thereafter she breaks off the engagement.

What does the black veil symbolize to Elizabeth?

In the story Hooper wears a black veil which symbolizes hiding sin. “But what if the world will not believe that it is the type of an innocent sorrow?” urged Elizabeth. “Beloved and respected as you are, there may be whispers that you hide your face under the consciousness of secret sin.

What’s Elizabeth’s relationship to Hooper What eventually happens to her what does she become?

What is Elizabeth’s relationship to Hooper? She is Hooper’s girlfriend/fiancee. She leaves him when he won’t take off the veil as she requested. How do the church members react to the veil?

What did the Minister tell Elizabeth was the reason for his wearing of the veil?

He says that the veil is a symbol of universal secret sin and that he is bound to wear it forever.

Why does Elizabeth break her engagement with Hooper?

Why did Elizabeth call off the engagement? She called off the engagement because Mr. Hooper refused to lift his veil and she finally bid him farewell.

Why is Elizabeth described as a faithful woman in the final scene?

Why is Elizabeth described as a “faithful woman” in the final scene? She is described as faithful because she stayed by Mr. Hooper’s side, and while she did not fully understand him wearing the veil, she still loved him.

Why does Elizabeth say Hooper should remove the veil?

What was Elizabeth’s argument for him to remove the veil? Elizabeth said that there were rumors of secret sin in his life and he needed to put the rumors to an end because it would destroy hsi ministry.

What do we learn about Elizabeth whom Hooper has loved?

What do the villagers think is the reason their pastors wears the veil? He has secret sins and the congregation started making rumors up. What do we learn about Elizabeth, whom Hooper has loved. She never married and she still loves him.

What lesson can be learned from the Minister’s black veil?

People who convert to Christianity explicitly state that it was the sight of Hooper’s black veil that made them change their ways. On his deathbed, speaking to the Reverend Clark, Hooper implies that he wore the veil in the first place to teach others a moral lesson: everyone is sinful (“on every visage a Black Veil”).

What reasons does Hooper give Elizabeth not to desert him?

Due to his refusal to remove the veil, Hooper risks his relationship with his fiancee, Elizabeth. He wants Elizabeth to have patience with him and not desert him during this time because it will not be for eternity but he does not want to lift the veil.

What sin did Mr Hooper commit?

adultery

The black veil is a symbol of secret sin and how terrible human nature can be. This could represent the secret sin that all people carry in their hearts, or it could be a representation of Mr. Hooper’s specific sin, which some readers think to be adultery.

What happened at the end of the black veil?

”The Minister’s Black Veil” concludes with Reverend Hooper passing away in his bed at home surrounded by several members of his congregation.