Brown

Brown Goodman Brown, from "Young Goodman Brown" and Hooper, from "The Minister's Black Veil" are two characters that suffer from a pride of intellect. Their pride causes them similar problems and they end up living similar lives, although they came from different backgrounds. Hooper and Goodman Brown both become isolated from society. Hooper had a revelation, and he feels that he truly understands human nature and sin. However, he believes that he is above everybody else because he has this understanding. This is what causes the major separation between Hooper and society. After Hooper dawns the veil he can no longer function or act as a normal person, because of this feeling of superiority. His perception of an ultimate human isolation leaves him the man most isolated in what Hawthorne describes as that saddest of all prisons, his own heart . . . "(The Minister's Black Veil,228). The veil affects all parts of his life, his fiance leaves him and he can no longer relate to his congregation the same way. "As a result of wearing the veil, Hooper becomes a man apart, isolated from hooper, veil, goodman, brown, because, though, puritan, pride, isolated, feeling, black, wearing, superiority, society, similar, sees, same, nature, minister's, man, longer, leaves, intellect, human, fiance, feels, faith, elizabeth, devil, community, causes, cause, away, after, above, young, worshipers, way, village, understands, understanding, ultimate, two, trusting, trust, truly, sympathy, suspected, suffers