Visage

The meaning of the mysterious Black Veil from Hawthorne’s short story has been long disputed, but what does it actually mean? Hawthorne was a writer that lived and wrote during the romantic period., Hawthorne dealt with sin and how it affects us negatively. One of his more famous short stories Minister of the Black Veil also deals with sin. Hawthorne’s short story proves that the veil is a device that the minister uses to dramatize that everyone has a secret sin and, therefore should not judge…

I stood on a panel before two hundred judgmental eyes. It was the fifth day of the seventh week of my intensive coding endeavor inside of a corporate AT&T building in the heart of Atlanta. I had been preparing for several weeks, stirring over what I would do, over what I would say. I had decided I would stick with the general final words like, “I had so much fun” and “This was the experience of a lifetime”, but it was not until I was moments away from walking onto the stage did I realize what…

Shakespeare is regarded as the pre-eminent author in the English language, for he penned thirty-eight plays and 154 sonnets. His plays are still the ones that are most preformed today, due to central themes that resonate with modern audiences. Othello was written during his tragic period and expands upon racism during the 17th century. The play features a lower class white antagonist convinces the Moorish General Othello of his wife ‘s infidelity. Iago takes advantage of Othello by infusing him…

Mr. Hooper became a man of power over souls that were agony in sin. He strived everyday to convince his community that no one is perfect but, forgiveness is waiting for them. On Mr. Hooper’s deathbed he states, “‘ I look around me, and lo! On every visage a black veil!’” (Hawthorne 30). The community follows his teachings and they began to wear the black veil to show they are not perfect, but they are ready for forgiveness. The puritan community began to sacrifice themselves in front of God and…

The Minister’s Black Veil and Superstition Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Minister’s Black Veil, uses the setting and dialog of his story to help maximize the intrigue and mysteriousness behind the main character, Reverend Hooper’s actions. Set in the 1600’s in a Puritan New England village, Hawthorne infuses the culture and mindset of the time into his story. He truly embraces all aspects of the puritan religion into his story. He uses the extremism of Puritan religion and beliefs to help…

Poetry is a form of literary art which utilizes many means of delivering meaning, advancing plot, and revealing important information to readers, leading them to conclusions and hiding suggestions within the poem. As a result there are many poems whose meanings can be more quickly or completely realized by examining some of the less immediately apparent elements of the poem, especially structure and sound. Poetry is primarily an aural form of expression and as a result much is expressed through…

begins to spy on a family living in a cottage, and his heart fills with joy for them, and sorrow from their woes. He learns language, and tries to imitate them. The monster has naïve beliefs that perhaps these people might look past his monstrous visage and let him into their hearts if he shows them he is not the monster his face brands him. He aids the cottagers, getting firewood and clearing a snowy pathway, he even stops pilfering food from their cabinets as guilt clings to him that they…

Vineyard as something of a Xanadu for his characters from Empire Falls. Russo codifies that notion in Chapter 8 with this blast from Miles' past. The astute reader may suspect that the mysterious Mr. Mayne is none other than C.B. Whiting. Charlie's visage is described as "sad" although he is generally portrayed as cheerful, polite and wise. The manner in which Mr. Russo unveils the affair Grace is having with Mr. Mayne is artful in the extreme; it is never stated, but becomes known through…

As a child, I didn’t question what I was told, which on my part wasn’t the best notion. If you were to tell me that aliens exist, I would assume it was true, until I learned otherwise. As I grew, I learned that not everything everyone tells me is always true. Sometimes I have to perceive what I am being told, and deduce whether it is true or false. Being naive and callow doesn’t help when you're being told information you know nothing about. As I was growing up, my cousins had told me a clown…

The Big Dipper is the first constellation I learned to identify as a child. Though I made up stories and constellations as I stared into the velvety darkness, the Big Dipper was the only "real" one I knew. This constellation is one of the easiest to find, as well as being one of the few that can be spotted year-round in North America. It is also part of another constellation, Ursa Major. Another advantage to being able to point out is that it also becomes easy to find Polaris, the North Star. If…