Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Emerson and Thoreau

Who were some of the leading people in the Romanticism movement?

• Shakespeare, Macbeth, and Queen Elizabeth the First

• William Wordsworth, John Keets, Emily Bronte, Lord Byron and William Blake

• Dickens, Austin, and Whittier

• Lancaster, Cleveland, and Greenwood

Transcendentalism was an offshoot of...

• Romanticism

• Dark Gothic

• Nature Study

• Mentalism

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What was Emerson's famous motto?

• "Overcome evil with good."

• "Answer a question with your own question."

• "Do unto others as you would have them do to you."

• "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

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What was the main idea of Thoreau's Walden?

• "... extravagance is not the key in life."

• "...people don't need a ton of material things."

• "...to find the meaning of life."

• "...keep it simple and not too complicated."

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Contrast romanticism with the Age of Reason

• It is better to be a Romanticist than the Age of Reason

• Romanticism is more focused on human emotion and entertainment, whereas the Age of Reason is focused on strict attention to reasoning.

• Romanticism is about flowers; whereas the Age of Reason is more wise

• Romanticism focuses on truth; whereas Reason focuses on Love

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What were Thoreau's thoughts on his cabin?

• Thoreau thought that people should live simply and move away from a materialistic lifestyle.

• Thoreau reasoned that reading books were better than listening to others.

• Thoreau moved away to learn many things about Science.

• Thoreau liked to talk about himself and how to make things by hand.

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Transcendentalism had many leaders, name three.

• Dial, Rolly, and Emily

• Waldo, Ralph, and Elizabeth

• Poe, Keets, and Espree

• Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller

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What was the name of the Transcendentalist Club that Thoreau was a member of?

• The Lion

• The Train

• The Dial

• The Digit

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What was Thoreau's opinion about connecting to Nature and people?

• Thoreau believed that some people were good and nature sometimes helped us be a better person.

• Thoreau believed the people were to be avoided and nature got in the way.

• Thoreau believed that everyone should stop and smell the roses.

• Thoreau believed that people had an inherent goodness and that nature brought us closer to spirituality.

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Transcendentalists believed that the way to discover spirituality is:

• to openly trust what people told you to believe.

• to look inwards and connect to nature to discover self.

• to always follow the rules of life.

• to read often, discover what others think, then decide your own thoughts.

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