Marisa-+Hooper

Hi everyone, my name is Minister Hooper. Sadly, I am more well-known as the Minister in the Black Veil. (See Reference #2) I used to be well respected in my town, although after wearing the black veil, I am a feared and lonely man. From what can be seen of my face, I often wear a melancholy smile. I have committed a sin of adultery with a newly dead woman, and for that, I force myself to wear the veil which shows it to the world. Sadly, those who shun me and look away chose to hide their own sin from the world and from each other, but they cannot hide from the eyes of God.

**__ Fast Facts:  __** because she could not stand by me with my veil. So my marital status is separated. ** ||
 * ** Resident **** Town **** : ** || ** Milford ****, USA **** . ** ||
 * ** Age: ** ||  **  Thirties  ** ||
 * ** Claim to Fame: ** || ** The famous Minister with the Black Veil ** ||
 * ** Family: ** || ** No children. ** ||
 * ** Personality: ** || ** I have a mild temperament and a good reputation. Others would consider me as less than energetic, and not very strong-handed. I also tend to avoid confrontation, but I will not evade questions that are put before me. I am considered quite unremarkable, and a very clean and neat man. ** ||
 * ** Married/Single: ** || ** I am married, but I was abandoned by my wife
 * ** Friends: ** || ** Hester Prynne, John Edwards. ** ||
 * ** Created By: ** || ** Nathaniel Hawthorne ** ||
 * ** Religion: ** || ** Puritan. ** ||
 * ** Criminal History :** || ** I committed adultery, my secret sin. I have punished myself by wearing this veil until I die.  ** ||

// Why do you tremble at me alone?'' cried he, turning his veiled face round the circle of pale spectators. Tremble also at each other! Have men avoided me, and women shown no pity, and children screamed and fled, only for my black veil? What, but the mystery which it obscurely typifies, has made this piece of crape so awful? When the friend shows his inmost heart to his friend; the lover to his best beloved; when man does not vainly shrink from the eye of his Creator, loathsomely treasuring up the secret of his sin; then deem me a monster, for the symbol beneath which I have lived, and die! I look around me, and, lo! on every visage a Black Veil!'' // Historical Note: A little before my story begins, Mr. Joseph Moody of New England accidentally shot and killed his best friend. Until the day he died, the clergyman chose to hide his face. This may have been the inspiration used in the development of my own story, although our motives differ: mine is adultery and his is of sorrow.
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 * Here is an interesting, slightly lengthy, but excellent summary of my life and purpose:
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= **References:** =
 * 1)  Hawthorne, N. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 . The Minister's Black Veil . Retrieved January 7, 2009, from University of Virginia Library Web site: http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=HawMini.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=1&division=div1#n872
 * 2) Nicole, S (2007). Full Summary of “The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne . Retrieved January 7, 2009, from Article Myriad Web site: http://www.articlemyriad.com/145.htm
 * 3) Tibb, Barbara Assignment English III Media (H). Retrieved January 7, 2009, from Miss Tibb Web site: http://www.sd84.k12.id.us/hw/barbara.tibbs/images/blackveila_000.jpg

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