Minister’s Black Veil Redux

November 5

Do Now

• List three or more things you did during your day off! • In writing, parallelism is a balance within a sentence

of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure. (What does this mean?)– EX: Susie weeds the garden, cooked dinner, and cleaned

the dishes. – EX: I can be healthy by running every day, eating fruits

and vegetables, and by beginning to go to sleep at 9 P.M.• Using parallelism, write one sentence including the

items you listed at the beginning of class.

The Minister’s Black Veil

• Textbook p. 340

AnalysisRead p.343:

• Level 1: How does Mr. Hooper preach?• Level 2: “They longed for a breath of wind to blow aside the

veil, almost believing that a stranger’s visage would be discovered…” What does visage mean in context?

• Level 2: Rewrite the above quote in your own words.

Read p.345:• Level 1: Who is getting married?• Level 2: “the same horrible black veil, which had added

deeper gloom to the funeral, and could portend nothing but evil at the wedding” What does portend mean in context?

• Level 2: Rewrite the above quote in your own words.

Analysis

Read p.347-348:• Level 1: Why does Elizabeth (the minister’s fiancé) leave

him?• Level 2: “…no darkness between our souls! It is but a

mortal veil – not for eternity!” What does mortal mean in context?

• Level 2: Rewrite the above quote in your own words.

Read p.350:• Level 1: How long does Mr. Hooper wear the veil?• Level 2: “But there was the decorously grave, thought

unmoved physician…” What does grave mean in context? • Level 2: Rewrite the above quote in your own words.

Plot Lines

• How does Mr. Hooper preach? (343)• Who is getting married? (345)• Why does Elizabeth (the minister’s fiancé)

leave? (347-348)• How long does Mr. Hooper wear the veil?

(350)

Level 3 Analysis

• Read paragraph 2 on p.352• On a blank sheet of paper, answer the following

questions in complete sentences:– Level 1: How did the children respond to Mr. Hooper?

(according to his dialogue) (1-2 sentences).– Level 2: “when man does not vainly shrink from the eye of

his creator, loathsomely treasuring up the secret of his sin; then deem me a monster, for the symbol beneath which I have lived…every visage is a Black Veil!” In 2-3 sentences, explain this quote in your own words.

– Level 3: What is a lesson I can learn from this? Why does this theme matter? (2-3 sentences)

Quick Write

• The minister wore the veil as a symbol of “secret sin.” Do you think people are two-faced in our society today?

• Think of a time when you’ve interacted with someone like this. How did you feel?

• Use clear examples in your answer (8-10 sentences).