, and it is a hypocrisy to hide those sins, because God can still see them. In the following description, it can be noticed that Hawthorne continues to show the fear of sin and also now, the sin of the Earth (Nature). "At that instant, catching a glimpse of his figure in the looking glass, the black veil involved his own spirit in the horror with which overwhelmed all others. His frame shuddered, his lips grew white, he spilled the untasted wine upon the carpet and rushed forth into the darkness. For the Earth, too, had on her Black Veil." Nature, as believed by the Anti-Transcendentalists, was a symbol of everything unexplainable, and since nobody in the village knew (or wanted to admit) what the black veil symbolized, Mr. Hooper running into nature's darkness is symbolic of this Anti-Transcendental idea.Both the Transcendental and Anti-Transcendental movements, influenced literature greatly. The authors during the movements concentrated on reflecting the ideas (of the corresponding movement) to the reader in a symbolic way through literature. The literature builds the idea of humanity and nature in different perspectives, which reflects the principle ideas of both the movements. ...
