Vocabulary:
1. molt: to cast off
2. onus: a burden or responsibility
3. petulant: displaying impatience
4. proctor: an agent acting for another
5. quay: wharf or artificial landing place
6. regale: to give unusual pleasure
7. retrench: to cut down or reduce
8. sapid: affecting the sense of taste
9. staid: of a steady or noble character
10. supine: lying on the back
Read the Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Write a 200 word essay on one of the following:
1. Using Hawthorne's Haunting Tales, discuss the examples of the imperfection of man. Give specific examples from the text of each of the four stories.
2. Discuss the examples of symbolism in Hawthorne's Haunting Tales. Give specifics from each story.
3. Discuss why you think that Hawthorne's Tales are called Haunting. Give specific examples from each story.
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