W to his Name. His ancestors were William Hawthorne who in
             1630 ordered the whipping of a Quaker woman and 1692 John Hathorne was a judge in
             the Salem witch trials (Magill 197). Hawthorne's feelings of Puritan history shaped his
             religion guilt which manifested itself in The Ministers Black Veil. The black veil
             symbolized how the religious feel that their beliefs protect them and make them above
             reproach. Letting the reader wonder what the secret sin of the Minister was, demonstrates
             Hawthorne's idea that we will never know what misdeed men hold in their heart and i
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