Mary McCarthy, an American author, once said: “We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story.” This means, each day everyone wakes up and they do not know what is going to happen, but at the end of each day they have written a story about that day and what has happened. The English III classes read “The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Pit and the Pendulum” by Edgar Allan Poe; these stories were written during the Dark Romanticism period. These stories were both on the dark side which leads the characters to do somethings that were a little unusual and they are not sure how everything is going to turn out. Each author uses these stories to build suspense and ambiguity throughout
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In the story, “The Minister’s Black Veil” Mr. Hooper, the preacher, is preparing to go give his Sunday sermon like any other Sunday. However, this Sunday is just a tiny bit different; he has a black veil covering his face. This veil caused commotion throughout the whole church and some people even left because they were uncomfortable with him having the veil over his face. It also caused the congregation to be shocked about his appearance, which leads them to questioning why he has the veil on and what is the purpose of it. Mr. Hooper is just trying to get across that “... The Earth, too, had on her Black Veil” (Hawthorne 240). Everyone has sinned which means no one is perfect. Father Hooper was wearing the veil to show that he has sinned too, but with God’s help he will be saved. Mr. Hooper’s congregation went to his house to …show more content…
The narrator in the story is very scared of the unknown, but he does not ever give up and keeps thinking of new ideas, so hopefully he can reach freedom again. “Scarcely had I dropped my head back into its original position, when there flashed upon my mind that I cannot better describe than as the unformed half of that idea of deliverance to which I have previously alluded, and of which a moiety only floated indeterminately through my brain when I raised food to my burning lips” (Poe 259). This is saying even though he had forgot about that idea for a little while; he was able to remember part of it, so he was able to finish forming his idea. Sometimes life throws everyone a curveball, but with a little determination they will get through it and sometimes they will turn into better
In the story, “The Minister’s Black Veil” Mr. Hooper, the preacher, is preparing to go give his Sunday sermon like any other Sunday. However, this Sunday is just a tiny bit different; he has a black veil covering his face. This veil caused commotion throughout the whole church and some people even left because they were uncomfortable with him having the veil over his face. It also caused the congregation to be shocked about his appearance, which leads them to questioning why he has the veil on and what is the purpose of it. Mr. Hooper is just trying to get across that “... The Earth, too, had on her Black Veil” (Hawthorne 240). Everyone has sinned which means no one is perfect. Father Hooper was wearing the veil to show that he has sinned too, but with God’s help he will be saved. Mr. Hooper’s congregation went to his house to …show more content…
The narrator in the story is very scared of the unknown, but he does not ever give up and keeps thinking of new ideas, so hopefully he can reach freedom again. “Scarcely had I dropped my head back into its original position, when there flashed upon my mind that I cannot better describe than as the unformed half of that idea of deliverance to which I have previously alluded, and of which a moiety only floated indeterminately through my brain when I raised food to my burning lips” (Poe 259). This is saying even though he had forgot about that idea for a little while; he was able to remember part of it, so he was able to finish forming his idea. Sometimes life throws everyone a curveball, but with a little determination they will get through it and sometimes they will turn into better