near the end of the story “the minister’s black veil,” the minister of westbury pays a visit to father hooper. what does the minister mean by the phrase “veil of eternity” when he says to father hooper, “before the veil of eternity be lifted, let me cast aside this black veil from your face”?

that which represents a life-threatening disease

that which hides hooper’s sins from others

that which has hidden hooper’s sins from god

that which separates this life from the next

Read the excerpt from the odyssey then his chores being all dispatched she caught another brace of man to make his breakfast and whisk away his great door slab to let his sheep go through but he behind reset the stones as one would cap a quiver what two things are being compared in this epic simile

What effect is created by the plaque posted on the gate at the entrance to the family's home in nadine gordimer's "once upon a time"? the words written on the plaque offer readers a foreshadowing of the story's outcome without revealing the actual conclusion, the author's use of flashback allows readers to understand what is at the heart of the issues of encroachment in the suburban neighborhood the repetition of the words written on the plaque presents an oxymoron because readers already sense that the plaque has been ineffective in warding off intruders. the author introduces a paradox in which readers are presented with a warning notice when no actual infraction has taken place.

What is in his westrose president lincoln central claim in the speech