The Tell-Tale Heart and the Minister's Black Veil: Character StudyBy this well-known quote from Mark Twain, it is clearly depicted that humans have a side dark side that is mysterious. This dark side, not so rarely, can lead us down a wrong and threatening path that can sometimes end in death. This is where we encounter the concept of anti-transcendentalism. It is generally known as being dark and ambiguous and most of the time something disastrous happens at the final stage of the story and these writing concepts are identified as anti-transcendentalism. This way of elucidating the story to the reader sometimes leads to critical reflection on the connotation of the story, or even to fear. It is here that we are confronted with two stories of dark romance that are ambiguous and have the significance of the human dark side. On the one hand, we have the story of Hawthorne's Minister Black Veil, where Mr. Hooper decides to put a veil over his face for unidentified reasons. On the other hand, we have the story of Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart, in which an unnamed narrator begins to tell us about a crime he committed. I will argue on the motives of the black veil and the pale eye of the old man, of the assassination of the old man and the death of the young woman, and finally of the end of the two characters. The motifs of the black veil in the story "The Minister's Black Veil", and the pale eye of the old man in the story "The Tell-Tale Heart", seem to result perhaps from the sins that Mr. Hooper and the unnamed narrator had committed in the past On the one hand, in Hawthorne's story, a situation almost identical to Mr. Hooper's is recounted that occurred 8 years ago, where a clergyman covered up. face for a sin he had committed Therefore, we can know...... middle of paper ...... remove the veil Here, Hawthorne gives us the message of what we feel and what. how much we regret when we harm the people we love, especially without intending to do so Hawthorne indicates the repentance and shame that Mr. Hooper feels about his shameful sin Thus, the similarities between the narrator. anonymous of Poe and Mr. Hooper's story is that they both regret their actions and they make decisions that lead to harming the people they love and care about. The minister decides to put a black veil over his sin and the anonymous narrator ends up admitting to the murder of the old man. The similar connotation of Poe and Hawthorne is that if we harm people we love without intention or even with a specific purpose, our voice of conscience will always remind us of this sin and this will eventually lead to madness or a ambiguous behavior..