Reading Quiz Multiple choice 10 questions Choose the BEST answer What is Characterization Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character to the reader ID: 657088
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The Minister’s Black VeilSlide2
Reading Quiz!
Multiple choice- 10 questions.
Choose the BEST answer.Slide3
What is Characterization?
Characterization
is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character to the reader.
Direct Characterization
tells
the audience what the personality of the character is. Usually the narrator explicitly states something about the character.
Indirect Characterization
shows
things that reveal the personality of the character.
Speech: What does the character say? How do they speak?
Thoughts: Character’s private thoughts and feelings
Effect on others/How other characters behave around him/her
Actions: What does the character do? How do they behave?
Looks: What do they look like? How do they dress?Slide4
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1804-1864
The Scarlet Letter, The House of Seven Gables, “Young Goodman Brown”, etc…
Born in Salem, Massachusetts
Related to Judge John
Hathorne
, one of the judges of the Salem Witch Trials (never repented for his involvement with these)
Added the ‘w’ to his name to distance himself from this side of his familyHis work is deeply influenced by the checkered legacy of the PuritansAttended Bowdoin College 1821-1825Returned home after college and began to write with purposeMarried Sophia Peabody, and was introduced/influenced by her ties to TranscendentalismSlide5
Graded Discussion Reminders
Keep passing the sheet around! One person shouldn’t be doing all the grading.
Participate!
Don’t be shady!
Be respectful of everyone
Use evidence from the text to support your ideas
Invite others in who are not speakingSlide6
“
The Minister
’s Black Veil
”
Discussion
How would you characterize Hawthorne’s writing style based on the ideas and techniques you see within “The
Minister’s Black Veil”
?
Why does Mr. Hooper wear the veil? What does the black veil
symbolize
?
How does Hawthorne
characterize
Mr. Hooper? Why does he choose to characterize him in this way?
How would you characterize the townspeople?
As time passes, how do people treat Mr. Hooper? Consider the actions of children and of the dying. Why do you think they treat him that way?
Why do you think Mr. Hooper will not remove the veil, even as he is dying?
What is the true purpose of the veil? Why can’t the townspeople see it? Or do the townspeople see it? Slide7
Black Veil 5 Stages of Grief
People often go through five stages when they must deal with loss or change.
Can you find an example of each one in the story as people try to understand the change in Mr. Hooper?
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
DepressionAcceptanceSlide8
The devil & Tom Walker
by Washington IrvingSlide9
Quote quiz guidelines
For each quote, you will be examining the CONTEXT surrounding the quote & analyzing the SIGNIFICANCE of the quote.
CONTEXT
: What is happening at the time in the story? Which characters are involved? SHOW ME THAT YOU READ WITH SPECIFIC DETAIL FOR WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE TIME OF THE QUOTE.
SIGNIFICANCE:
What makes your quote important for understanding author’s purpose? What is the author trying to do here and why? Are there any prevalent techniques at work within the quote? What is the effect of those techniques? This is the ANALYSIS piece. Slide10
Quote Quiz! Context & Significance
1. “She must have died game, however; for it is said Tom noticed many prints of cloven feet stamped upon the tree, and found handfuls of hair that looked as if they had been plucked from the coarse black shock of the wood-man”.
2. “He prayed loudly and strenuously, as if heaven were to be taken by force of lungs. Indeed, one might always tell when he had sinned most during the week, by the clamor of his Sunday devotion”. Slide11
Washington Irving
1783-1859
Most well-known for stories ‘Rip Van Winkle’ and ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’
Named after George Washington, son of Scottish-English immigrants, born in NYC
Began writing under the pen name Jonathan
Oldstyle
Choose to follow his creative impulses, rather than the path of law (which he was previously set on)
Some refer to Irving as the first ‘true American author’, and the terminology of his work has seeped into American culture
i.e. Gotham
Fought for stronger copyright laws for writers, and championed and nurtured younger American writersSlide12
The Devil
Discuss: What do you picture when you hear the word “devil”?
Why do you picture that? Slide13
Images of the devilSlide14
Faust Legend
Irving wrote “The Devil and Tom Walker” based on a classic German legend by Johann Georg Faust.
Faust
is a scholar who is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the
devil
, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly
pleasures, which ultimately backfires.
"Faust" and the adjective "Faustian" imply a situation in which an ambitious person surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve power and success for a delimited term.Where have we seen this concept before in short stories, books, television, advertising, etc.? Slide15
The devil in the media/selling your soulSlide16
Notes & Quotes In Class Journal
WRite
Choose 2 quotes from “The Devil & Tom Walker” that you feel are significant that you can analyze in your journal. Write out each quote completely and save space below for analysis.
Then, underneath each quote, you will focus on analyzing the
context
&
significance
of the quote:Context- what’s happening in the story? (Summarize briefly…don’t waste too much time talking about plot…you need depth)Elements of author’s craft: What techniques are at work in this quote? How do they work? How do they connect to larger themes or ideas? (If you can’t find techniques, your quote is not good)
Significance- what is the impact of the quote on the work? What’s the effect on the reader?
How do the techniques used contribute to the effect on the reader? (If
this one is a struggle, your quote is not good). Slide17
Questions for discussion
1. Which two quotes did you choose for your journal write? Describe the context and significance of each. Dig into your analysis!
2. How would you characterize Irving’s writing style? How is his writing style different from Hawthorne’s?
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. How does Irving use
satire
to create an effect in this work? Find evidence from the text of Irving being satirical. What is Irving making fun of and how do you know? What is the effect of the humor? What area does his criticism seem more intense?
4. Why is the concept of “selling your soul to the devil” still something referenced today? Where else have you seen this in the media? 5. What characteristics of Romanticism do we see at work within this story? How do these characteristics differ from “The Minister’s Black Veil”? (Go back to your 5 “I”s)Slide18
Dark Romantics: PoeSlide19
Edgar Allan Poe
1809-1849
Effectively orphaned at 3, unpleasant childhood
Dropout of West Point
At 25, moved in with aunt and married her 13 year old daughter
Supported them as editor of lit magazines- during this period did much of his writing
Tortured soul- drank heavily
Wife died of TB in 1847, sending Poe into a deathly spiral of heavy drinking- died of complications in 1849Slide20
ma·ca·bre
məˈkäbrə,məˈkäb
/adjectivedisturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury
.
Originally used in discussing the ‘dance of death’ and
celebrating the grotesque and disturbing nature of death
through art
MacabreSlide21Slide22Slide23Slide24Slide25
What is the purpose of a film trailer?
Film trailers are a form of
advertising.
Trailers are structured to
include relevant parts of a film
to encourage as many people to see the film at the cinema.
They are also designed to help audiences understand the
GENRE
of a film.
As you watch the Burton trailers, look for two things:
How
do you know that this film is dark romanticism?
What elements go in to making up a film trailer?
Film TrailersSlide26
You and a group of
4
will put together a film trailer for your story. Your trailer must be between 2-3 minutes, and demonstrate an understanding of the story
, as well as the elements of
dark romanticism
that you see within the story.
You will have all day in class tomorrow as a work day.
Your trailers are DUE Monday night at midnightEmail Fowler your trailer, submit your script to turnitin
Poe Trailers