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who wrote Walden
Henry David Thoreau
who wrote Self Reliance” and “Nature”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
who wrote Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau
who wrote The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe
who wrote Rappaccini’s Daughter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
who wrote The Birthmark
Nathaniel Hawthorne
5 themes of romanticism
a distrust in civilization
nostalgia for the past
concern for individual freedom
low for the beauty of natural landscape
interest in the supernatural
define transcendentalism
a form of philosophical idealism
what are the characteristics of transcendentalism
individualism
idealism
divinity of nature
who were the major authors of the transcendentalism movement
-ralph waldo emerson
-henry david thoreau
-margaret fuller
major authors of the anti-transcendentalism
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
-edgar allen poe
transcendentalism movement
the idea that all human beings have the opportunity to accomplish greatness through themselves
anti-transcendentalism
the idea that individuals are prone to sina nd self destruction
what is the main point of “self reliance” and “nature”
-don’t try to be like anyone else
-do what you know is right
-nature allows you to think clearly away from everyone else
main point of civil disobedience
explains what people should do if their government is immoral
major concepts from “Walden”
find meaning in life without others affecting it?
what does the birthmark symbolize is the story “The Birthmark”
it represents human sin, mortality, and death
what examples of foreshadowing do we see in “the birthmark”
aylmer dreams of doing surgery on her and also killing her ?
main points in “Rappaccini’s daughter”
Rappaccini grows toxic plants which he gives to his daughter to keep her alive
-main theme= corruption, morality, and science
symbols in “Masque of the Red Death”
-Prince prospero
-red death
-clock
characteristics of romanticism in “Rip Van Winkle”
-love for the beauty of Natural Landscape
-a distrust in civilization
the main concept of “The Raven”
-the pain of grief
-the main character thought that he wife was coming back even though she was dead
simile definition
Figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another, uses like or as
apostrophe definition
Figure of speech in which a thing, a place, an abstract quality, an idea, a dead or absent person, is addressed as if present and capable of understanding
metaphor definition
Figure of speech in which one thing is described in terms of another.
alliteration definition
Figure of speech in which consonants, especially at the beginning of words, or stressed syllables are repeated
onomatopoeia
The formation and use of words to imitate sounds
personification definition
The impersonation or embodiment of some quality or abstraction; the attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects
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