"I think on the face, so low as to be shaken by his breath, Mr. Hooper wore a black veil." (Hawthorne). This veil clearly exists as a physical object, hanging over his face and obscuring the world around him. This veil was very suspicious and made everyone wonder what the reason was. “Such was the effect of so simple a piece of crape, that many a woman of delicate nerves was forced to go away.” (Hawthorne). The community was in awe of this nonsense and, as Hawthorne writes, it even upset some