The Tell-Tale Heart and the Minister's Black Veil: Character StudyWith this famous quote from Mark Twain, it is clearly illustrated that human beings have a dark mysterious side. This dark side, not so rarely, can lead us down a wrong and threatening path that can many times even end in fatality. This is where we encounter the concept of Anti-Transcendentalism. It is generally known as dark and ambiguous and most of the time something disastrous happens in the final stage of the story and these writing concepts are identified as Anti-Transcendentalism. This clarifying way of conveying the story to the reader sometimes leads to critical thinking about what the connotation of the story was and even fear. This is where we are faced with two stories of dark romance that are ambiguous and have the meaning of the human dark side. On the one hand we have the story of The Black Veil of the Hawthorne Minister, 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, where an unnamed narrator begins to tell us about a crime he committed. I will discuss the reasons behind the old man's black veil and pale eyes, the murder of the old man and the death of the young woman, and finally the endings of both characters. Motifs of the black veil in the story of "The Minister's Black" and the old man's pale eye in the story of "The Tell-Tale Heart" seem to derive perhaps from the sins committed in the past by Mr. Hooper and the unnamed narrator. on the one hand, in Hawthorne's story, a situation almost identical to that of Mr. Hooper which occurred 8 years ago in which a priest had covered his face for a sin committed is conveyed. Therefore, we can connect... the center of the card.. . remove the veil. Here Hawthorne gives us the message of what we feel and how much we regret when we hurt the people we love, especially without any intention of doing so. Hawthorne indicates the repentance and shame that Mr. Hooper feels for his shameful sin between the unnamed narrator in Poe's story and Mr. Hooper are that they both regret their actions and make some decisions that lead to harming the people they love and care about. The minister decides to put a black veil on his sin and the nameless narrator ends up admitting to the old man's murder. The similar connotation of both Poe and Hawthorne is that if we harm the people we love without intention or even purpose, our voice of conscience will always call us back to that sin and ultimately lead to madness or devious behavior..