“The Hollow of the Three Hills” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story about a young woman who becomes overcome with grief and sadness and goes to a withered witch to learn what has happened to her family. The witch shows her three different visions of reality. In the first one, she sees her parents who are talking about how much disappointed they are in her. The second vision is of her husband who is seen weeping at her funeral. The third one shows her own son to her, who she sees has died and his coffin is being carried to his grave.
