This is evident in the transgression of the townsfolk due to the lack of a legitimate answer as to why Mr. Hooper wore the veil. The minister reveals toward the end of the story why he wore the veil in the quote, “"If I hide my face for sorrow, there is cause enough," he merely replied; "and if I cover it for secret sin, what mortal might not do the same?"(Hawthorne 14). The mass hysteria caused by the paranoia of the townsfolk can have many modern parallels drawn to it, like the The Great Fear in 1789. This story in my opinion was a valid parable and an effective one because of the lucid imagery showing the transgression of the townsfolk, which the moral was centered
This is evident in the transgression of the townsfolk due to the lack of a legitimate answer as to why Mr. Hooper wore the veil. The minister reveals toward the end of the story why he wore the veil in the quote, “"If I hide my face for sorrow, there is cause enough," he merely replied; "and if I cover it for secret sin, what mortal might not do the same?"(Hawthorne 14). The mass hysteria caused by the paranoia of the townsfolk can have many modern parallels drawn to it, like the The Great Fear in 1789. This story in my opinion was a valid parable and an effective one because of the lucid imagery showing the transgression of the townsfolk, which the moral was centered