Kohlberg's response to Chaney

Several explanations for the minister's new look. The first is righteous madness. The minister couldn't mentally cope with the natural immortality of people. The veil was meant to tell people how even a clergyman was a sinner and that all people ought to hide their sinful selves. I believe, however, the answer lies with guilt. Cooper, being a religious man with an active conscience, felt shame for a sin he had committed much the same as Dimmesdale, a former Hawthorne character.