HELP ASAP with the short story
The Golden Touch, by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Act 1: Using supporting details from the text, write four to five sentences that describe the exposition and conflict. Include strong adjectives to describe the tone/mood.

Act 2: Using supporting details from the text, write four to five sentences that describe the rising action and climax. Include strong adjectives to describe the tone/mood.

Act 3: Using supporting details from the text, write four to five sentences that describe the falling action and the resolution. Include strong adjectives to describe the tone/mood.

Explanation:

Introducing the author

Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 — May 19,

1864) is an American novelist and short story

writer. His themes often centre on the inherent

evil and sin of humanity, and his works have

moral messages and deep psychological

complexity.

Unit I

Warm up

Human beings have fascination for gold. Unusual greed for gold invites sorrow, doesn't it? Hawthorne's story The Golden Touch' narrates the misery of a legendary king who suffered for his desire to amass gold. Read the following unit of the text and note how King Midas was obsessed with the yellow metal:

The Text

Long ago, there lived a very rich man called Midas. Besides being rich, he was a king, and he had a little daughter called Marygold.

King Midas loved gold more than anything else in the world. He liked being a king, chiefly because he loved his golden crown. He loved his daughter dearly too, and the more he loved her, the more gold he wanted for her sake.