Secrets play
a major role in ""; there are the secret sins of the members of the congregation, sins
they fear that the Reverend Mr. Hooper may see from behind his veil, and there are the possible
sins that the minister himself may be hiding that also disturb the men and women.
When Mr. Hooper approaches the meetinghouse,
[T]here was a general bustle, a rustling of women's gowns and shuffling of the men's
feet, greatly at variance with that hushed repose which should attend the entrance of the
minister.
Indeed, it is the fears of what Mr. Hooper may
be looking at from behind his veil or what he may be hiding that disturbs the congregation when
the minister passes, then mounts the pulpit, and afterwards...
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