Young Goodman Brown and Other Hawthorne Short Stories

the Minister's black veil"

How does elizabeth respond to the veil? (need to know 3 things why)?

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Elizabeth, attempts to uncover the mystery that none had yet been able to solve. She inquires as to whether the veil is to demonstrate sorrow or sin. She asks him to lift the veil just once, but he refuses. At her departure, Hooper smiles sadly again.

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