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    A Ministers Black Veil

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    1102 February 24‚ 2013 The Ministers Black Veil In the Ministers Black Veil‚ Nathaniel Hawthorn uses several elements of fiction. It is clear thought the story he uses symbolism as the main element of fiction thought the story. He uses the Black Veil as the main point of symbolism. I am going to show you two different views of the black veil‚ and another person’s view on it. The first symbol the veil is given is a sad or horror. The veil is viewed as frightening by the townspeople. The

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    The Minister ’s Black Veil "The children fled from his approach"‚ illustration by Elenore Abbott‚ 1900 "The Minister ’s Black Veil" is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in the 1836 edition of The Token and Atlantic Souvenir‚ edited by Samuel Goodrich. It later appeared in Twice-Told Tales‚ a collection of short stories by Hawthorne published in 1835. Plot summary The story begins with the sexton standing in front of the meeting-house‚ ringing the bell

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    Response to Literature: The Minister’s Black Veil Romanticism is a period of aritistic‚ aesthetic‚ imagination‚ and individualism. It orginated in the late eighteenth century. The Minister’s Black Veil‚ a parable by Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the literature which reflects the concept of romanticism. The Minister’s Black Veil is a story about Reverend Hooper‚ a minister in Milford‚ New England. Hooper delivered a sermon while wearing a black veil on Sabbath day. The Puritan townspeople and the

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    Headgear

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    or helmet‚ for the head. While veil is define as a piece of fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face. In this research‚ the veil that been referred is veil that worn by bride on their wedding day. Traditionally‚ veils are part of wedding attire. Bride without veils are like bride without its groom. Nowadays‚ modern wedding gown are simple and elegant in design. There are less of fluffy wedding gown now compare to our mother period of time. So‚ veils differentiate between a bride

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    Wearing a Uniform of Oppression Having lived my whole life by the teachings of the Islamic faith‚ I understand the appreciations and values associated with the Hijab. However‚ also living in Canada‚ a pro-western society‚ I also see how some might see it as an oppression set upon Muslim women; objectively isolating them from the rest of society. I believe that the Hijab means much more than just a piece of cloth covering a woman’s hair. It represents their identity and their pride

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    Friction

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    however Grealy was able to overcome that sentiment but deep inside she was still fighting the fact that she was not able to look like everyone else. In reading The Veil‚ my belief was that even though Marjane Satrapi dislikes wearing veils it would benefit Lucy Grealy because of her unpleasant image. Satrapi was forced to wear a veil at a very young age and felt humiliated by wearing it‚ whereas for Lucy Grealy she would have to disagree with her because she would feel comfortable with herself. This

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    to support her and give her words of wisdom. Her school teachers’ role was to make sure that the female children‚ attending the school‚ wore their veils‚ while the guardians of the revolution’s role were to arrest females that were improperly veiled. The younger Marji’s role was to show us how the Iranian Revolution/ the mandatory wearing of the veil affected her life‚ while the older Marji’s role was to show us how Iranian cultural expectations of gender differ from Western cultural expectations

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    as the veil does the same in extremist nations‚ if forced by authorities. She explains how the Eastern countries do not have such a rigid standard of beauty and how men are simply not part of fashion‚ in contrary to the West where fashion is used by men to control what women wear. She does this by relating her experience in a western chain store in comparison to her experience in her home country of Morocco. She compares men controlling women with fashion to men controlling them with the veil‚ preferring

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    cheeks of Merceditas‚ and walked slowly to where she was. -Have the goodness to open your desktop She asked. Merceditas obey She slowly lifted the lid of her desk‚ exposing its contents books‚ soap dish‚ folding cup‚ pencils‚ blue apron‚ black veil‚ white veil‚ neatly coiled next to

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    References: 1. Said‚ E. W (1978)‚ Orientalism‚ Vintage Publishers 2. Davis‚ K (2001)‚ Time behind the veil: The Media‚ the Middle Ages and Orientalism now‚ Postcolonial Middle Ages‚ Palgrave Macmillan 3. Macmaster‚ N & Lewis‚ T (1998) ‚ Orientalism: From unveiling to hyperveiling‚ Journal of European Studies‚ Volume 28 (1)‚ Sage Publications 4. Varisco

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