Is Evil Part of Human Nature? In society, people are criticized, punished, and despised for their individual choices and flaws. In "The Minister's Black Veil" and "Young Goodman Brown", Hawthorne portrays sins as an unavoidable part of human nature. What is sin? In the bible, sin is regarded as any transgression of, or any lack of conformity to the holy will and nature of God. There is still evil that lurks in everyone's souls and …showed first 75 words of 1954 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1954 total…re of sin itself, through the main character, and by the people around them, sin is unavoidable. It doesn't matter whether people seek evil or whether it is accepted. What matters is the acknowledgement of knowing that evil and sin presides in everybody's soul. Evil and good is dealt with everyday. Nobody is without sin and the acceptance of others and ourselves to be that way is not ideal. Sin is part of human nature.