1. Read the excerpts that your book provides from Melville's Moby Dick. In your notetaking, make sure to write down information pertaining to the characterization of Ahab and the symbolic role of nature in the story.
2. Write a not-so-free freewrite considering some of the interpretive ideas in "The Minister's Black Veil". Please use at least 2-3 direct quotations from the story. Remember, you have no structural requirements, so you do not need to worry about an introduction or thesis. But please do meet the following not-so-free requirements:
Please do:
- Use the phrase "reflected in" or "reflected by"
- Use the word intrinsic or intrinsically
- Begin one sentence with the word "Ironically"
Please do not:
- Use the word "quote" or "quotation" anywhere in your writing
- Begin more than 3 sentences with the word "the" or "this"
Additional Info:
- Please underline where in the paper you are doing one of your three "please do"items.
- Please type your paper and make it 1 to 1 1/2 pages in length.
Some questions that may help you get started:
First of all, tap into some of the great conversation points that people made in class.
What different things does the black veil symbolize? What insight into humanity does the story present? What insight into the self does the story suggest? What ironies are inherent in the work? What motivated Rev. Hooper to wear the veil?
