What relation has Niagara to the geography of the country, its animal and vegetable life, its trade and industry?
What is the effect on one's feelings when he "considers that the vapor and the foam are as everlasting as the rocks which produce them"?
Niagara grew on Hawthorne. Justify this.
Note the comments of other observers based upon their interpretation of Niagara.
Do you think one who sees nothing in Niagara except a mass of rock and water, vapor and sunshine, could appreciate its beauty, grandeur, and sublimity?
Words and Phrases for Discussion.
"insulated"
"rapturous"
"abyss of clouds"
"eddied and whirled"
"epicurism"
"convoluted"
"voice of ages"
"mysterious voice"
"unrivaled scene"
"Eternal Rainbow"
"majestic leap"
So irregular was the life of Edgar Allan Poe and so strong were the prejudices of his critics that not only his character and habits of life, but even the simplest facts of his biography, are surrounded with mystery and are subjects of doubt and dispute.