Hawthorne's Characters: Pride Of Intellect
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Many of Hawthorne's characters wrap themselves in a pride of intellect.
The characters become victims of their pride and consequently suffer. Goodman
Brown, from "Young Goodman Brown" and Hooper, from "The Minister's Black Veil"
are two characters that suffer from a pride of intellect. Their pri ....
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.... his own heart . . . "(The Minister's
Black Veil,228). The veil affects all parts of his life, his fiance leaves him
and he can no longer relate to his congregation the same way. "As a result of
wearing the veil, Hooper becomes a man apart, isolated from love and sympathy,
suspected and even feared by his congregation"(Minister's Black Veil, 228).
Goodman Brown suffers the same fate because he also has a feeling of superiority
over the rest of the village. He attains this feeling after he s ....
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