Nathaniel Hawthorne
Deadly Sin * **
Opposing Virtue
Brief description
Pride (1) (18%)
Humility
Seeing ourselves as we are and not comparing ourselves to others is humility. Pride and vanity are competitive. If someone else's pride really bothers you, you have a lot of pride.
Avarice/Greed (5) (5%)
Generosity
This is about more than money. Generosity means letting others get the credit or praise. It is giving without having expectations of the other person. Greed wants to get its "fair share" or a bit more.
Envy (2) (5%)
Love
"Love is patient, love is kind…" Love actively seeks the good of others for their sake. Envy resents the good others receive or even might receive. Envy is almost indistinguishable from pride at times.
Wrath/Anger (3) (20%)
Kindness
Kindness means taking the tender approach, with patience and compassion. Anger is often our first reaction to the problems of others. Impatience with the faults of others is related to this.
Lust (7) (31%)
Self control
Self control and self mastery prevent pleasure from killing the soul by suffocation. Legitimate pleasures are controlled in the same way an athlete's muscles are: for maximum efficiency without damage. Lust is the self-destructive drive for pleasure out of proportion to its worth. Sex, power, or image can be used well, but they tend to go out of control.
Gluttony (6) (8%)
Faith and Temperance
Temperance accepts the natural limits of pleasures and preserves this natural balance. This does not pertain only to food, but to entertainment and other legitimate goods, and even the company of others.
Sloth (4) (13%)
Zeal
Zeal is the energetic response of the heart to God's commands. The other sins work together to deaden the spiritual senses so we first become slow to respond to God and then drift completely into the sleep of complacency.
Deadly Sin * **
Opposing Virtue
Brief description
Pride (1) (18%)
Humility
Seeing ourselves as we are and not comparing ourselves to others is humility. Pride and vanity are competitive. If someone else's pride really bothers you, you have a lot of pride.
Avarice/Greed (5) (5%)
Generosity
This is about more than money. Generosity means letting others get the credit or praise. It is giving without having expectations of the other person. Greed wants to get its "fair share" or a bit more.
Envy (2) (5%)
Love
"Love is patient, love is kind…" Love actively seeks the good of others for their sake. Envy resents the good others receive or even might receive. Envy is almost indistinguishable from pride at times.
Wrath/Anger (3) (20%)
Kindness
Kindness means taking the tender approach, with patience and compassion. Anger is often our first reaction to the problems of others. Impatience with the faults of others is related to this.
Lust (7) (31%)
Self control
Self control and self mastery prevent pleasure from killing the soul by suffocation. Legitimate pleasures are controlled in the same way an athlete's muscles are: for maximum efficiency without damage. Lust is the self-destructive drive for pleasure out of proportion to its worth. Sex, power, or image can be used well, but they tend to go out of control.
Gluttony (6) (8%)
Faith and Temperance
Temperance accepts the natural limits of pleasures and preserves this natural balance. This does not pertain only to food, but to entertainment and other legitimate goods, and even the company of others.
Sloth (4) (13%)
Zeal
Zeal is the energetic response of the heart to God's commands. The other sins work together to deaden the spiritual senses so we first become slow to respond to God and then drift completely into the sleep of complacency.
Quick 5 for The Minister’s Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne
(if you have read the blog, you can bring in your responses already written out.)
1. How do the members of the parish react when they first see Parson Hooper wearing his black veil?
2. a. What is different about Parson Hooper’s sermon on the first day he wears the veil? B. what is the subject of the sermon?
3. How does Elizabeth react when Parson Hooper refuses to remove his veil?
4. What is its “the one most desirable effect”?
5. What happens when Reverend Mr. Clark tries to remove the veil while Parson Hooper is lying on his death bed?
(if you have read the blog, you can bring in your responses already written out.)
1. How do the members of the parish react when they first see Parson Hooper wearing his black veil?
2. a. What is different about Parson Hooper’s sermon on the first day he wears the veil? B. what is the subject of the sermon?
3. How does Elizabeth react when Parson Hooper refuses to remove his veil?
4. What is its “the one most desirable effect”?
5. What happens when Reverend Mr. Clark tries to remove the veil while Parson Hooper is lying on his death bed?
class discussion questions; make sure you can answer these comfortably, if you are absent. You'll need this material for the final exam on November 13.
1.
Hawthorne had a gloomy vision that was
possibly shaped by his awareness of the
intolerable cruelty of his Puritan ancestors.
Therefore, he was unable to accept the optimistic
views of the transcendentalists.
2.
How does the black veil affect Parson Hooper’s
perception of the world?
In what ways does it isolate him from the rest
of the world?
Why does it make him a more
effective minister?
Hawthorne had a gloomy vision that was
possibly shaped by his awareness of the
intolerable cruelty of his Puritan ancestors.
Therefore, he was unable to accept the optimistic
views of the transcendentalists.
2.
How does the black veil affect Parson Hooper’s
perception of the world?
In what ways does it isolate him from the rest
of the world?
Why does it make him a more
effective minister?
3.
What does Parson Hooper mean when he
tells Elizabeth,” There is an hour to come…
when all of us shall cast aside our veils”?
4.
Why does the black veil have such a powerful
effect on the people?
What do you think it represents?
5.
Why do you think Hawthorne chooses
not to reveal the reason that Parson
Hooper begins wearing the veil?
6.
Hawthorne suggests that all people have
certain secrets that they choose not to
reveal to anyone. Explain why you either do
or do not agree with this suggestion.
7.
The Birthmark
•What happens when the power of science is coupled with arrogance?
•What happens when human beings attempt to subvert nature?
What does Parson Hooper mean when he
tells Elizabeth,” There is an hour to come…
when all of us shall cast aside our veils”?
4.
Why does the black veil have such a powerful
effect on the people?
What do you think it represents?
5.
Why do you think Hawthorne chooses
not to reveal the reason that Parson
Hooper begins wearing the veil?
6.
Hawthorne suggests that all people have
certain secrets that they choose not to
reveal to anyone. Explain why you either do
or do not agree with this suggestion.
7.
The Birthmark
•What happens when the power of science is coupled with arrogance?
•What happens when human beings attempt to subvert nature?
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