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    In complete sentence format‚ you will respond to the following questions. Get started by copying and pasting the questions into a word 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

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    THEMES Puritanism and Individuality Puritan society required that its members follow strict guidelines of social order. These rigid rules of conduct helped the Puritans endure the persecution they faced in Europe and‚ after they came to America‚ created a close-knit community able to withstand the harsh weather and Native American attacks common to New England in the 17th century. But communities that focus primarily on social order leave no room for personal freedom. Those who think or act independently

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    Romanticism and "Young Goodman Brown" Romanticism was a literary movement that occurred in the late eighteenth century to the mid nineteenth century which shifted the focus of literature from puritan works‚ to works which revolved around imagination‚ the beauty of nature‚ the individual‚ and the value of emotion over intellect. The ideas of the movement were quite revolutionary as earlier literature was inhibited by the need to focus on society and the rational world it effected. Romanticism allowed

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    Throughout most of our American Literature readings the common theme that was being written about was religion‚ faith in God and in turn self-reliance. I believe that the authors of early America were contingent upon their religion and their faith to develop their own resources to aid them through the various trials and tribulations of their lives. One of the early authors that exhibited self-reliance is William Bradford. Bradford believed God to be guiding the Pilgrims and he on the right path

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    different literary periods have occurred. From ancient times to the present day‚ thousands of people have used their extensive imaginations and ideas to write beautiful literature for people to enjoy. One of these periods was the Romantic Period‚ which began in the late 1700s and ended in the 1870s. This movement opened the minds of average people to the strange and impossible ideas they encounter every day. Romantic literature allowed people to escape from reality to a world full of vivid dreams

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    Romanticism is a very unique style of writing that is very dramatic and descriptive throughout the entirety of the work. It is used in many different novels and writings‚ with one of them being The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter depicts a woman who is shamed of adultery and has to wear a scarlet “A” on her bosom‚ and the “A” seems to have supernatural powers that effect Hester Prynne and people around her in many different ways. The scarlet “A” attached to Hester Prynne’s

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    treatment of these women was also extremely negative; they were expected to stay home and fulfill domestic duties. Literature of this time embodies and mirrors social issues of women in society. Henrik Ibsen uses Nora Helmer in A Doll House to portray the negative treatment of all women throughout society during the nineteenth century. Many women characters throughout American literature reflect the same conflicts and attitudes of Nora in Ibsen ’s play A Doll House. <br> <br>The role of a woman was

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    Perception of Black American Stereotypes in Mass Media Introduction Derogatory images of minority groups remain a commonplace in society despite marked improvements in white Americans’ racial attitudes over the last several decades. Social‚ ethnic‚ and racial stereotypes‚ the ‘‘pictures in the head’’ that members of one group form of other groups‚ are often uncomplimentary‚ for‚ in addition to their purely cognitive function‚ they are motivated by an ethnocentric bias to enhance one’s own

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    husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance‚ in this life or the next.” This excerpt from the movie is very important in showing how Franzoni inserts stoicism into the movie‚ because Maximus has finally gained control over his emotions‚ but also shows that he isn’t as stoical as Epictetus taught. When he returns home to his farm to find his family crucified‚ his emotion takes over‚ and he moves from the world of pleasure to the deepest recesses of the world of pain. Although this does conflict

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    ROMANTICISM As a result of the American revolution the literature during the ninghteen century changed to fiction. The Romanticism was a period in which authors left classicism‚ age of reason‚ in the old world and started to offered imagination‚ emotions and a new literature that toward nature‚ humanity and society to espouse freedom and individualism. The main characteristics or Romanticism movements are: an emphasis on imagination as a key to revealing the innermost depths of the human spirit

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