Q. Where can I find some articles that deal with symbolism in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil"?

To find articles about this through COM Library, follow the link below to our list of literature databases and then select individual databases to search.  Here's how to find articles in some of the databases:

Gale Literature: Select Works search and search for minister's black veil.  Click on any of the links that is brought up to view 14 articles.  Some of the articles discuss symbolism in the story.

EBSCO Academic Search Complete: You can do a search for "minister's black veil" (include the quotes) to retrieve all articles about the story, or narrow things down a bit by searching for "minster's black veil" AND symbo*.  After you have done a search you can limit the search through the options on the left of the screen.

GVRL Literature eBooks: If you search for minster's black veil the first result brought up will be an overview and analysis from Short Stores for Students.  Among other things, this analysis discusses the symbolism in the story.  Some of the other things in the search results talk about the story and its symbolism as well, though they may not talk exclusively about the story.