Literary devices in the Ministers Black Veil
English The Ministers Black Veil Literary Device Analysis Mrs. Joseph
Darien Miller 4/16/13
In every literary piece an individual reads, may It be short story or novel, there are bound to be some type of literary device, may it be just one main one the author focuses their attention to add a specific tone to their piece as a well as make that literary piece distinguishable, or multiple devices to maintain variety and unpredictability. Without at least decent use of literary device, the reader’s eyes will begin to stray as they are trying to maintain attention with that specific piece. There are no comparisons to show to a reader what the author perceives an object or living thing means to them and without any devices, the goal of drawing the reader out of their world and into the author’s ultimately fails at grabbing the reader’s attention because there was nothing in the story effective enough at evoking the targeted emotion the author was trying to do from the very start. A short story that does a great job at successfully drawing the reader away from their world and into the authors is The Ministers Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This Story has a variety of literary device, but as to what stands it, it is symbolism. Symbolism is the author’s way of showing readers the significance of an object to them and what they truly represent in their hearts. The story has major emphasis on the idea that the veil the protagonist (Parson Hooper) of the story wears is actually a “barrier” that masks the sin committed by Hooper done sometime before the start of the story and a “mirror” that reflects the true sinful nature of human beings back into the eyes who gazed at the veil as evident by the townspeople’s reactions to the veil when Hooper walked into the church with it -possibly in the form of a horrendous creature that looks resembles them, but with demonic facial features if you think about it-. When everyone in the church reacted so
Darien Miller 4/16/13
In every literary piece an individual reads, may It be short story or novel, there are bound to be some type of literary device, may it be just one main one the author focuses their attention to add a specific tone to their piece as a well as make that literary piece distinguishable, or multiple devices to maintain variety and unpredictability. Without at least decent use of literary device, the reader’s eyes will begin to stray as they are trying to maintain attention with that specific piece. There are no comparisons to show to a reader what the author perceives an object or living thing means to them and without any devices, the goal of drawing the reader out of their world and into the author’s ultimately fails at grabbing the reader’s attention because there was nothing in the story effective enough at evoking the targeted emotion the author was trying to do from the very start. A short story that does a great job at successfully drawing the reader away from their world and into the authors is The Ministers Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This Story has a variety of literary device, but as to what stands it, it is symbolism. Symbolism is the author’s way of showing readers the significance of an object to them and what they truly represent in their hearts. The story has major emphasis on the idea that the veil the protagonist (Parson Hooper) of the story wears is actually a “barrier” that masks the sin committed by Hooper done sometime before the start of the story and a “mirror” that reflects the true sinful nature of human beings back into the eyes who gazed at the veil as evident by the townspeople’s reactions to the veil when Hooper walked into the church with it -possibly in the form of a horrendous creature that looks resembles them, but with demonic facial features if you think about it-. When everyone in the church reacted so