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    Romanticism and Realism

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    and Realism Romanticism: [pic] Francisco De Goya. “The Third of May 1808” Oil on Canvas - Imagination and emotion are more valuable than reason. The romantics championed the struggle for human liberty. They celebrated nature‚ rural life‚ common people‚ exotic subjects in art and literature. - Era: Industrial and French Revolutions - Technique: Dramatic scenes of nature or man and ideal landscapes. - Artists: Goya‚ Delacroix‚ Constable‚ Duncauson Realism: [pic]

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    The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain failed to accurately portray the slave experience because it misrepresents the attitude of slaves in daily life as shown in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs‚ and over exaggerates the loyalty of slaves to their masters‚ as shown in Frederick Douglass’ narrative The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass.. Slaves of the 1800’s were seldom treated with respect or merely acknowledged‚ but according to Mark Twain they were

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    American Realism or “Social Realism” is a post World War II genre. American Realism captures the idea of real life situations in real situations and settings. Prior to World War II‚ films mostly featured those of fantasy‚ or what some would even refer to as reserved. An example that’s introduced in part of this realism is Freudian Psychology‚ which allows the viewer to think about sex without showing the actual act. Another aspect of realism is using real amateur actors and real locations within

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    Romanticism and Realism

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    Romanticism and Realism Romanticism is the idealism for a better world. Writers believe that they can portray their beliefs and emotions though their writing. They hoped that this would encourage the people of the world to become something more than what they are now. They valued the human imagination and imposed emphasis on individual freedom and political restraints. They also had a great interest in the middle ages. The emphases on emotion lead to Dark Romanticism such as the poetry by Edgar

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    Drama Notes

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    Drama 122 Week One August 19‚ 2013 Reviewed syllabus and exercises • Teacher’s name is Douglas Dildine • Teacher’s contact information • Required to attend DVC Drama Fall Productions: Zombie Prom and The Children’s Hour • Purchase before shows or get season pass • Course description • Scanning exercise is basis of everything an actor does on stage • Take written word and give it life and flesh so audience will believe • If audience doesn’t believe‚ why should

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    The story talks about Daisy Coble and her problematic son Donny. One day they called from the school Donny attended to talk to her mother‚ when she got there she learned that “Donny was noisy‚ lazy‚ and disruptive‚ always fooling around with his friends‚ and he wouldn´t respond”. Daisy was always trying to get Donny into school and always asked him to do his homework but he just simply didn’t do it or said a lie. The weeks passed and Daisy began to try harder in helping his son‚ she was checking

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    The Rise to Realism

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    scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders. President Theodore Roosevelt is credited with originating the term ’muckraker.’ Naturalism was a literary movement of the late 19th century that was an extension of Realism. What was the main focus of the Naturalistic writer? Naturalistic writers believed that the laws behind the forces that govern human lives might be studied and understood through their objective study of human beings. Naturalistic writers thus

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    The social hierarchy is an unavoidable topic in the play pygmalion by george bernard shaw. Shaw includes members of all social classes from the lowest (Liza) to the servant class (Mrs. Pearce) to the middle class (Doolittle after his inheritance) to the genteel poor (the Eynsford Hills) to the upper class (Pickering and the Higgins). Shaw highlighted the errors in people’s ideas of how the lower classes lived‚ and highlighted all the social prejudice‚ including stereotypical views of women and of

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    African American Drama Essay

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    Drama It derived from the Greek verb dran‚ meaning “to act” or “to do”‚ refers to actions or deeds as they are performed in theatrical setting for the benefit of a body spectators. More limited than the related concept of theater‚ which also comprehends such forms as opera and dance‚ the term drama refers essentially to dramatic literature—the text composed by playwrights to be spoken in a theater. Because the heritages of Indian‚ Chinese‚ Japanese‚ and African drama have had little influence on

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    The Great Gatsby: Realism

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    Gatsby: Realism F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has been labelled a masterpiece‚ and perhaps even one of the greatest novels of all time. In order to be revered as a classic‚ a novel must have one or more qualities that place it above the rest. One of The Great Gatsby’s best qualities is Fitzgerald’s incredible use of realism. This realism is evident in the development of plot‚ setting‚ and characters throughout the novel. The Great Gatsby is well known for its deeply entangled plots and sub-plots

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