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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).