Transcendentalism and Anti-Transcendentalism: A closer look at the short story “The Minister’s Black Veil” “The Minister’s Black Veil” is in opposition to the transcendentalist movement, because the story or the main character of it wants to show the reader, that Men is evil and full of sins. Transcendentalism is a movement of writers, who believe that Nature, God and Men are divine. That means that you can find Men as well as God …showed first 75 words of 998 total…

…showed last 75 words of 998 total…a symbol of the fact that Men are hiding their sins. And because of the fact that the story wants to show that a secret sin is shared by all mankind, but also that the people are unwilling and afraid to admit it, because it’s very difficult to show your true self to other people, “The Minister’s Black Veil” is in opposition to the transcendentalist movement and therefore an example for anti-transcendentalist writing.