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Scrat [10]
3 years ago
10

Read the passage from the story “The Minister’s Black Veil.” In this passage, the minister’s fiancée, Elizabeth, tries to get Mr

. Hooper to remove the veil. How might you best rewrite the request she makes of him?
From “The Minister’s Black Veil”

“There is an hour to come,” said he, “when all of us shall cast aside our veils. Take it not amiss, beloved friend, if I wear this piece of cra pe till then.”

“Your words are a mystery, too,” returned the young lady. “Take away the veil from them, at least.”

“Elizabeth, I will,” said he, “so far as my vow may su ffer me. Know, then, this veil is a type and a symbol, and I am bound to wear it ever, both in light and darkness, in solitude and before the gaze of multitudes, and as with strangers, so with my familiar friends. No mortal eye will see it withdrawn. This dismal shade must separate me from the world: even you, Elizabeth, can never come behind it!”

“If you won’t take away the veil, then please at least explain to me why you wear it.”

“Please explain the sermon you preached last Sunday when you were wearing the veil.”

“I don’t understand what you just said. Would you mind at least repeating it?”

“If you don’t remove the veil, then don’t you realize you are breaking your word to me?”
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1 answer:
n200080 [17]3 years ago
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In “The Minister’s Black Veil,” the minister’s fiancée, Elizabeth, tries to get Hooper to remove the veil. In this passage, he explains why he cannot. In which sentence is Hooper’s argument for keeping the veil best summed up?

From “The Minister’s Black Veil”

“Your words are a mystery . . .” returned the young lady. “Take away the veil from them, at least.”

“Elizabeth, I will,” said he, “so far as my vow may suffer me. Know, then, this veil is a type and a symbol, and I am bound to wear it ever, both in light and darkness, in solitude and before the gaze of multitudes, and as with strangers, so with my familiar friends. No mortal eye will see it withdrawn. This dismal shade must separate me from the world: even you, Elizabeth, can never come behind it!”

“What grievous affliction hath befallen you,” she earnestly inquired, “that you should thus darken your eyes forever?”

“If it be a sign of mourning,” replied Mr. Hooper, “I, perhaps, like most other mortals, have sorrows dark enough to be typified by a black veil.”

A.

“No mortal eye will see it withdrawn.”

B.

“This dismal shade must separate me from the world: even you, Elizabeth, can never come behind it!”

C.

“I, perhaps, like most other mortals, have sorrows dark enough to be typified by a black veil.”

D.

“Your words are a mystery . . .,” returned the young lady. “Take away the veil from them, at least.”

Answer:

C. “I, perhaps, like most other mortals, have sorrows dark enough to be typified by a black veil.”

Explanation:

According to the passage from the story “The Minister’s Black Veil.”, Elizabeth tries to make Mr. Hooper remove his veil but he refuses to do so and tells her that no mortal should be able to see beyond the veil and that not even she could make him take it off.

In this passage, the minister’s fiancée, Elizabeth, tries to get Mr. Hooper to remove the veil.

The best way to rewrite the request the minister’s fiancée, Elizabeth makes of Mr. Hooper to remove the veil is option C, “I, perhaps, like most other mortals, have sorrows dark enough to be typified by a black veil.”

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