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4. When Mr. Hooper leans over the casket of the dead body of a young girl, it is said that the body trembles. The only soul that can attest to this unexplainable tremor within a cold body is an old woman. With this, it seems as though Mr. Hooper has a connection with the dead girl, through which he gains a sense of either relief from her death.
5. Clearly in direct opposition to the principles on which transcendentalism are built, Hawthorne seems to be persistent in convincing his audience that humans are not naturally good. By describing a day which contained a wedding and a funeral, he contrasts a ceremonial time of rejoicing, in marriage, with a time of darkness in death.
6. It would be tom-foolery to convince yourself that Nathaniel Hawthorne simply sat down one day and began throwing words onto a paper about a minister in a black veil. Hawthorne is both crafty and meticulous in his diction and syntax, and utilizes rhetorical strategies and devices throughout to enhance is work. Studying reading and writing in college, Hawthorne quickly learned the value of exciting his reader with rhetorical appeals so that he could convey is argument with ease. His word choice and sentence structure are just part of what displays his knowledge and awareness of rhetoric, as well as his capability of using it..
7. Even for someone with no prior knowledge of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s personal beliefs or opinions regarding the ideas of Transcendentalism, it would be very easy to tell what they are through his writing of The Minister’s Black Veil. The entire plot of this composition is in direct opposition to transcendental views. For example, Hawthorne takes a minister, who would typically represent the holiest of men, and perverts him. It is also clear that Hawthorne has identified the fallacy within the idea that you should ‘conform to the idea of non-conformity’ within Transcendentalism.
8. Although its possible that the best stories are those that leave you on the edge of your seat wondering what truly happened, Im more of a fan of those with a direct, concise ending. That being said, Hawthorne did a very good job of leaving his audience with a sense of wonder and curiosity. Throughout the composition, it is made apparent that Mr. Hooper has something to hide, and that something is sin. I believe that the minister has either consensually or non-consensually engaged in inappropriate acts with the girl who died. I believe this because the minister wears his veil in an attempt to hide himself from the world but while standing over the cold body of the girl, makes an internal connection with her. It is almost as though he is briefly removing his veil in order to completely expose himself to her.
4. When Mr. Hooper leans over the casket of the dead body of a young girl, it is said that the body trembles. The only soul that can attest to this unexplainable tremor within a cold body is an old woman. With this, it seems as though Mr. Hooper has a connection with the dead girl, through which he gains a sense of either relief from her death.
5. Clearly in direct opposition to the principles on which transcendentalism are built, Hawthorne seems to be persistent in convincing his audience that humans are not naturally good. By describing a day which contained a wedding and a funeral, he contrasts a ceremonial time of rejoicing, in marriage, with a time of darkness in death.
6. It would be tom-foolery to convince yourself that Nathaniel Hawthorne simply sat down one day and began throwing words onto a paper about a minister in a black veil. Hawthorne is both crafty and meticulous in his diction and syntax, and utilizes rhetorical strategies and devices throughout to enhance is work. Studying reading and writing in college, Hawthorne quickly learned the value of exciting his reader with rhetorical appeals so that he could convey is argument with ease. His word choice and sentence structure are just part of what displays his knowledge and awareness of rhetoric, as well as his capability of using it..
7. Even for someone with no prior knowledge of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s personal beliefs or opinions regarding the ideas of Transcendentalism, it would be very easy to tell what they are through his writing of The Minister’s Black Veil. The entire plot of this composition is in direct opposition to transcendental views. For example, Hawthorne takes a minister, who would typically represent the holiest of men, and perverts him. It is also clear that Hawthorne has identified the fallacy within the idea that you should ‘conform to the idea of non-conformity’ within Transcendentalism.
8. Although its possible that the best stories are those that leave you on the edge of your seat wondering what truly happened, Im more of a fan of those with a direct, concise ending. That being said, Hawthorne did a very good job of leaving his audience with a sense of wonder and curiosity. Throughout the composition, it is made apparent that Mr. Hooper has something to hide, and that something is sin. I believe that the minister has either consensually or non-consensually engaged in inappropriate acts with the girl who died. I believe this because the minister wears his veil in an attempt to hide himself from the world but while standing over the cold body of the girl, makes an internal connection with her. It is almost as though he is briefly removing his veil in order to completely expose himself to her.