Romanticism

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

The theme of "The Raven" is

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

What mood does Poe create in "The Raven"?

• happy
• frightening/scary
• gloomy
• anxious

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What is the theme of "The Fall of the House of Usher"?

• mortality of human nature
• family is important
• appearances can be deceiving
• physical and mental decline can cause catastrophic results

During the romanticism, the feelings and the passions from the characters were: ______________.

• unrelevant

• important

• immortalized.

• illogical,

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One recurring theme of the romantic era was:

• exotic

• supernatural

• creepy

• deathly

During the romantic era gothic literature emerged, which of the following are examples of this theme:

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

• The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

• Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer

• Beowulf