Hawthorne develops his theme by using the rhetorical device, symbolism. He uses the veil that he wears to represent the secret, sinful nature of all human beings. This was used as an example of how a meaning of an object can affect a …show more content…
By wearing a veil that represents evil and sin, people of the church began to betray the reverend. As the reverend begins to die the congregation realizes that the sin committed was just as equal as to the sins they commit every day. This is a more effective way of teaching about in than the speech, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” by Jonathan Edward because he uses frightening language to convince the church to not sin. “The devil is waiting for them, hell is gaping for them, the flames gather and flash about them…” In this quote, the author uses rage to scare the crowd into not sinning. This is a very difficult task considering that it is human nature to occasionally sin on a normal