1. Read the prompt 2. Read the articles: a. Highlight all the lines in the article that support your point of view (claim) in one color ( evidence) b. Highlight all the lines in the article that support the opposing (counterclaim) point of view in another color. 3. Begin your essay with a hook (anecdote, quote, observation etc.)--2-3 complete sentences. At the end of your hook, state your claim in a complete sentence. (this is your 1st paragraph) 4. Paragraph 2. Transition w/a topic sentence and give the 1st reason for your claim, go to your article, indicate the lines or paragraph where you found the proof (quote), explain what this proof means and how or why this is so. 5. Paragraph 3. Do the same thing you did for paragraph but
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PROMPT:
In “The Minister’s Black Veil”, Nathaniel Hawthorne leaves the matter of Mr. Hooper’s sins ambiguous, meaning it allows for multiple interpretations. You are about to write a five paragraph essay that establishes whether or not Hawthorne's character, Mr. Hooper, has a personal sin that warrants his action of wearing the veil or is he bearing the burden of the people.
Article 1 by Angie Fullin
The veil worn by Mr. Hooper, the minister in "The Minister's Black Veil" is a symbol for the sins that mankind hides within. It is not always representative of Hooper's own sin but those sins many others have committed. The reason that it is difficult for the congregation and even his fiancee to look upon him is that they only see the veil. They no longer see his kindness or good heart. He opens his most significant sermon by discussing "secret sins" which makes the congregation speculate as to what his sin might be. However, the impact of his sermon made with the presence of the veil gives it a powerful …show more content…
Hooper's congregation wonder if Mr. Hooper, like Jonathan Edwards in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" tries to strike fear in their hearts by suggesting that he is aware of their sins. Obviously, their consciences bother them.
That Mr. Hooper wears the veil to symbolize his mourning for the secret sins of many of the Puritans who fear the severe punishments for transgressions and live as hypocrites becomes apparent in the denouement of Hawthorne's story. When the dying Mr. Hooper refuses to remove his veil, he turns to the spectators around him,
“Why do you tremble at me alone?....Tremble also at each other! Have men avoided me, and women shown no pity, and children screamed and fled, only for my black veil?...the symbol beneath which I have lived and die! I look around me, and, lo! on every visage a Black
Print screen your grade and submit to me by 1/31
PROMPT:
In “The Minister’s Black Veil”, Nathaniel Hawthorne leaves the matter of Mr. Hooper’s sins ambiguous, meaning it allows for multiple interpretations. You are about to write a five paragraph essay that establishes whether or not Hawthorne's character, Mr. Hooper, has a personal sin that warrants his action of wearing the veil or is he bearing the burden of the people.
Article 1 by Angie Fullin
The veil worn by Mr. Hooper, the minister in "The Minister's Black Veil" is a symbol for the sins that mankind hides within. It is not always representative of Hooper's own sin but those sins many others have committed. The reason that it is difficult for the congregation and even his fiancee to look upon him is that they only see the veil. They no longer see his kindness or good heart. He opens his most significant sermon by discussing "secret sins" which makes the congregation speculate as to what his sin might be. However, the impact of his sermon made with the presence of the veil gives it a powerful …show more content…
Hooper's congregation wonder if Mr. Hooper, like Jonathan Edwards in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" tries to strike fear in their hearts by suggesting that he is aware of their sins. Obviously, their consciences bother them.
That Mr. Hooper wears the veil to symbolize his mourning for the secret sins of many of the Puritans who fear the severe punishments for transgressions and live as hypocrites becomes apparent in the denouement of Hawthorne's story. When the dying Mr. Hooper refuses to remove his veil, he turns to the spectators around him,
“Why do you tremble at me alone?....Tremble also at each other! Have men avoided me, and women shown no pity, and children screamed and fled, only for my black veil?...the symbol beneath which I have lived and die! I look around me, and, lo! on every visage a Black