Young Goodman Brown and Other Hawthorne Short Stories
Guilt
What is the Guilt in "The Minister's Black Veil"
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The minister carried around a lot of guilt from his parishioners. The minister already inwardly bears the community’s guilt and sin by listening to their confessions. It is possible that the minister chose to make the greatest sacrifice he could, by bearing the sins of the community in a visible way. .
