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DOLDOLGrammar review-nounsGrammar review-nounsBegin Begin Minister’s Black VeilMinister’s Black VeilHomeworkHomework
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Head lice lay their eggs which are Head lice lay their eggs which are called nits in people’s hair called nits in people’s hair consequently, just hatched lice have consequently, just hatched lice have a ready to eat food sorce in the blood a ready to eat food sorce in the blood just under their hosts’ scalps.just under their hosts’ scalps.
Tyrant:Dominate::________:InstructTyrant:Dominate::________:InstructOpera:Overture::_________:novelOpera:Overture::_________:novel
Introducing the Story
Literary Focus: Symbol
Reading Skills: Drawing Inferences
The Minister's Black Veil The Minister's Black Veil byby Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne
There is the fear that we shan’t prove worthy in the eyes of someone who knows us at least as well as we know ourselves. . . .
Robert Frost (1874–1963)
The Minister's Black Veil The Minister's Black Veil byby Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne
Although he struggled both creatively and financially, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) earned recognition as a writer and the admiration of his contemporaries. Yet his dark insights into the human heart seemed to reflect an inner gloom that he never overcame.
More About the Writer
The Minister's Black VeilThe Minister's Black Veil Meet the WriterMeet the Writer
PuritanismPuritanism
Puritans believed that belief in Jesus and Puritans believed that belief in Jesus and participation in the sacraments could not participation in the sacraments could not alone effect one's salvation. alone effect one's salvation.
Believed in severe punishment for sinning.Believed in severe punishment for sinning. Life should revolve around religion and the Life should revolve around religion and the
reading of the Bible and the interpretation reading of the Bible and the interpretation of it.of it.
No one should call attention to No one should call attention to themselves, neither in life or worship…did themselves, neither in life or worship…did not use candles or symbols in their not use candles or symbols in their services.services.
Mr. Hooper, a young Puritan clergyman, shocks his congregation by appearing at the church one Sunday in a black veil.
• Why, the people wonder fearfully, is their minister hiding his face?
• Is the veil related to the topic of Mr. Hooper’s sermon—secret sin?
The Minister's Black Veil The Minister's Black Veil byby Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne
A symbol is something that
• has meaning in itself
• also stands for something beyond itself
peacepassage of time
love
The Minister's Black VeilThe Minister's Black Veil Literary Focus: SymbolLiterary Focus: Symbol
Hawthorne’s central symbol in this story is a black veil.
Notice how Hawthorne’s descriptions of the veil suggest its symbolic importance.
“horrible”
“gloomy shade”
“mysterious emblem”
The Minister's Black VeilThe Minister's Black Veil Literary Focus: SymbolLiterary Focus: Symbol
When you read a story, you make inferences about characters and events.
An inference is an educated guess based on
• clues in the text
• your own knowledge and experience
The Minister's Black VeilThe Minister's Black Veil Reading Skills: Drawing InferencesReading Skills: Drawing Inferences
Hawthorne’s subtitle, “A Parable,” indicates the importance of the story’s moral theme.
A parable is a short, usually simple story
• based on events from ordinary life
• containing a moral lesson
The Minister's Black VeilThe Minister's Black Veil BackgroundBackground
One of the most famous parables is that of the Good Samaritan, who stops and helps a stranger who has been robbed and beaten. Today we still call caring strangers good Samaritans.
Famous Parables
The Minister's Black VeilThe Minister's Black Veil BackgroundBackground
The Good Samaritan by Vincent van Gogh, after Delacroix