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WorksheetsRomanticism: freedom, culture and literature.
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3600secs
The word “Freedom” has its roots from:
Greek
Latin
Spanish
Two words related to freedom are:
Autonomy and independence
Submission and slavery.
Self-determination and subjugation
The meaning of freedom can be understood in different perspectives.
No, as it only relates to Philosophy and Politics.
Yes, as it is associated with our every day lives.
Yes, as it is mostly connected to religious matters.
All countries, from the early stages, were supportive of freedom in general.
Yes, because freedom of expression always existed.
No; many countries had to fight for their freedom.
Yes, as every country stimulated religious tolerance.
Collective freedom is limited:
By laws and ethical norms, which regulate the society.
By various authorities that are chosen by the nation, through indirect suffrage.
By natural laws, that regulate the universe and the whole material world.
Total freedom:
Exists and it is included in all existent societies.
It’s a theoretical liberty, which does not exist in the material world.
It’s a theoretical liberty, that exists in all societies.
There was a cultural movement which was based mainly on the freedom issue.
No, as freedom is only related to politics, and not with culture.
Yes, them being naturalism and realism.
Yes, that being romanticism.
The concept of freedom is more present:
In the first generation of romanticism, because of, especially, the arising revolutions.
In the second generation of romanticism, as it can be seen in the poems about exaggerated pessimism.
In the third generation of romanticism, in which the atrocious habits of the society were criticized.
For the romantics, liberty meant:
Mainly liberty of expression (connected to individualism), but it also achieved almost a meaning of total freedom.
Liberty in terms of religious choices.
Especially economical liberty, as most romantics defended the mercantilism.
Freedom of expression is notorious in the literature, for instance, by:
The use of rigid metrics and the classical structure.
The use of free verse and the Camões inspired structure.
The use of free verse and the free structure.
One of the characteristics that emerge with romanticism is the writing that contrasts the sublime with the aberrant. This statement exhibits the freedom:
Only because it’s a new theme developed in the literature.
As it shows the freedom of expression of the authors, who express all their sentiments and ideals freely, even though those might not be the most aesthetically pleasant.
As it describes the reality.
In the excerpt of The song of the Pirate above, by José de Espronceda, there can be seen:
Traits of individualism, nationalism and egocentrism.
The idealized representation of the loved women and the power of Love.
Features of nationalism and exacerbated sentimentalism.
After reading The Song of the Pirate above, we can conclude that Espronceda:
Does not used his freedom, following the rules and classical canons, which are inspired on the Greco-Roman culture and Camões.
Uses his freedom, as he wrote about his feelings for a woman he once loved.
Uses his freedom, as he does not follow any metric rule and expresses his patriotic ideals freely.
In the following extract of Prisoner, by Aleksandr Pushkin, the poet:
Narrates his wish of freedom, in an imprisonment context.
Describes his feelings of happiness towards the situation in which he founds himself.
Portrays and criticizes the society in which he is insert.
In this excerpt, it is notorious:
The importance that freedom assumes for the romantics.
The wish of submission to authorities.
The description of the feelings towards the loved woman.
Novalis, in the extract of his poem When numbers and figures, expresses:
His disregard towards liberal values.
Not only his wish for freedom, but also the significant important that is has for the world.
His wish for freedom, as well as the importance that it has for the absolutists.
After the interpretation of the above extract, it can be concluded that Novalis:
Does not defend freedom and considers that the Man should not have it.
Defends freedom as an authority to regulate the society.
Defends that liberty individualizes our society.
In the following extract of the poem The land of dreams, written by William Blake, the poet:
Relates the freedom in a way of being able to dream and have objectives.
Relates the freedom to a psychological submission to social conventions.
Relates the freedom to being able to write about religious matters.
After reading the extract by William Blake of his poem The land of dreams, we can conclude that Novalis must consider:
That freedom is not necessary.
That religious tolerance and the freedom to choose your religion is necessary.
That freedom instigates development.
Romantics defend freedom:
In their works, in which there is reflected the defense of liberal ideals.
By manifesting, in order not to abolish the tithe.
In their works, in which there is used the writing metrics established in the Ancient times.
