Romanticism

Fireside poets are...

• dark and brooding
• viewed as equals of British poets of the day
• focused on human capacity for evil
• focused on intuition over reason

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Gothic literature

• explores the human capacity for evil
• an attitude toward nature, humanity and society emphasizing freedom
• philosophy which holds truth can be found through intuition better than reason
• authors representing social conditions as they are without idealization

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Romanticism is...

• desolate, remote settings and violent
• an attitude toward nature, humanity and society emphasizing freedom and individuality
• a philosophy that says truth is reached through intuition over reason
• events and social conditions presented as they really are, with no idealization

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Transcendentalism is...

• fiction using desolate and remote settings with violent events
• an attitude toward nature, humanity and society emphasizing freedom and individuality
• philosophy which holds that basic truths can be reached through intuition better than reason
• authors representing events and social conditions as they really are with no idealization

Why was Old Ironsides written?

• inform readers about USS constitution
• persuade the navy to allow the ship to sink
• to inform readers of the battles the country fought
• save and preserve the ship

"The Tide Rises and the Tide Falls" and "Psalm of Life" both use symbolism of waves.  Which poem uses them to symbolize the legacy and inspiration we leave for others?

• The Tide Rises and the Tide Falls
• Psalm of Life

In Emerson's "Self-Reliance" he offers the opinion that

• people should work to improve nature
• people should depend on each other
• people should rely on their instincts
• people should conform to society

Why did Thoreau move to the woods?

• to write stories remotely
• to build a cabin
• to live simply
• to experience the four seasons

Which of the following did Thoreau view as unimportant?

• desire to succeed
• to live deliberately
• to live simply
• nature and solitude

The theme of "The Raven" is

• death is final
• grief causes hopelessness
• winter is desolate
• destructive powers of the mind