1. After reviewing the Romanticism resource page‚ list three characteristics of Romanticism. Also‚ identify three authors of the Romantic period. Profound love of nature‚ focus on the self and the individual‚ and fascination with the supernatural. Three authors of this period are William Cullen Bryant‚ Edgar Allan Poe‚ and Washington Irving. 2. Using the Transcendentalism resource page‚ list three characteristics of Transcendentalism. • Reverence for nature • Celebrated individualism • Intuition
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Ask anyone on the street: "what is Romanticism?" and you will certainly receive some kind of reply. Everyone claims to know the meaning of the word romantic. The word conveys notions of sentiment and sentimentality‚ a visionary or idealistic lack of reality. It connotes fantasy and fiction. It has been associated with different times and with distant places: the island of Bali‚ the world of the Arabian Nights‚ the age of the troubadours and even Manhattan. Advertising links it with the effects of
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Criticism of Frankenstein Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein evoked fiery responses when it first surfaced in 1818. Two articles; one anonymous from The Quarterly Review and the other written by Sir Walter Scott published in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine use language to convey a compelling point of view. In The Quarterly Review article‚ the anonymous writer’s usage of high vocabulary words such as “diseased”‚ “repelled” and “loathing” make the article’s diction high level. Examples of syntax used
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Frankenstein Have you ever heard about monsters? I’m sure that everyone in the world has heard about this term. Sometimes it’s a fear of children‚ but it is also an exciting topic for the scientists and the science fiction film. Then a lot of books and movie was published about the monster. For me‚ the best novel about monsters that I read is Frankenstein. When we mention about monster‚ we usually think about the creature with a face with hideous appearance‚ rough skin‚ non-human being‚ bad smell
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The American Transcendental movement first began as a protest against the general state of culture and society ( “Dark Romanticism”). Some well known Transcendentalists would include extremely intelligent individuals like Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ and many others. The birth of Dark Romanticism is a reaction to the movement of Transcendentalists (“Dark Romanticism”). Anti-Transcendentalists‚ also known as Dark Romantics‚ “found Transcendental beliefs far too optimistic and egotistical
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Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein seems to be an exact representation of the ideas of the 17th century philosopher John Locke. In Locke’s “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding‚” he talks about the idea that we as humans are all born with a ‘blank slate’ that contains no knowledge whatsoever and that we can only know that things exist if we first experience them through sensation and reflection. In Frankenstein‚ the monster portrays Locke’s ideas of gaining knowledge perfectly through worldly experience
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processing document. 1. After reviewing the Romanticism resource page‚ list three characteristics of Romanticism. Also‚ identify three authors of the Romantic period. Characteristics 1. Profound love of nature 2. Idealism 3. Passionate nationalism Authors 1. William Cullen Bryant 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne 3. Edgar Allan Poe 2. Using the Transcendentalism resource page‚ list three characteristics of Transcendentalism. 1. Celebrated
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Dark Romanticism is often associated with darkness‚ gloom‚ mystery and death‚ which can be seen throughout Edgar Allen Poe’s literature. A prime example demonstrating Dark Romanticism would be his story‚ “The Masque of the Red Death”‚ which was about a deadly plague which swept the Kingdom of Prince Prospero within the 19th century leaving the king to blockade him and his subordinates within an abbey. With that being said‚ I believe the story is an example of Dark Romanticism due to the death involved
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spoken words‚ or in a sequence of pictures. There are three different narratives in Frankenstein. Shelley‚ the author‚ uses something called a "framing device" and "epistolary" narration. A framing device is used when someone’s story is told through someone who reads it or hears it. Epistolary narration is when a story is told through letters or documents. The three narrators were Captain Walton‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ and the monster. This is important because we get three different looks into the
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Frankenstein Mary Shelley in the 1800’s wrote an infamous book about a man playing God. This man stole body parts‚ and with a major thirst for science and knowledge he stitched those parts together‚ with some chemicals and with a spark‚ he created life. He had no care or plan as to what would happen next‚ he was simply infatuated by the idea that his name could live on as the man that could bend nature. His name was Victor and he had no comprehension of the effects this creation would have on himself
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