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    Neoclassical and Romantic movements cover the period of 1750 to 1850. Neoclassicism showed life to be more rational than it really was. The Romantics favored an interest in nature‚ picturesque‚ violent‚ and the sublime. Unlike Neoclassicism‚ which stood for the order‚ reason‚ tradition‚ society‚ intellect‚ and formal diction‚ Romanticism allowed people to get away from the rational views of life and concentrate on an emotional and sentimental side of humanity. In this movement the emphasis was on

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    The Orchestra of the Romantic Era The Romantic Era was a time of many changes and innovations. While the Classical era was a time of restrictions and laws‚ the Romantic period saw the opposite. It was a time of experimentation – artistic freedom and creativity. There was a change in the way that composers wrote. They began utilising various emotions in their writing‚ as if to tell stories through their music. They began experimenting with new musical ideas. They began to move away from traditional

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    ghastly working conditions. The children of this era saw these things and wanted to escape‚ thus creating the Romantic Period. One of those people wanting to escape was writer Mary Shelley‚ the author of Frankenstein. This romantic novel tells a story of scientist Victor Frankenstein and the making of his revolting creature. In Frankenstein Shelley conveys many of the key characteristics of romantic novel through incorporating the love for nature‚ the yearning for isolationism and the freedom of emotion

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    Outline and evaluate research into the breakdown of romantic relationships. (24 marks) One piece of research into the breakdown of romantic relationships conducted by Thibaut and Kelly‚ can explain why a relationship may breakdown using the Social Exchange Theory. A relationship may breakdown due to the ‘profits’ and ‘losses’ in the relationship‚ one of the participants in the relationship may compare the current relationship to a previous one and realise they are not getting what they should

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    Dark Romantics or Transcendentalists? Is there good in evil (transcendentalists)‚ or is there evil in good (dark romantics)? I believe in both of these statements dark romantics and transcendentalists because people in this world do awful things that affect others but in some way they do things that can help our environment and our society. Such as not littering‚ cleaning up at home‚ and many other decent things. We have our marvelous side with a bit of evil that isn’t shown much. For example

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    Recently I read an excerpt from The Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck called The Myth of Romantic Love. It was about the lies involving romantic love‚ that are passed through generations via stories and movies. The author of this article said"This illusion is fostered in our culture by the commonly held myth of romantic love‚which has its origins in our favorite childhood fairy tales‚wherein the prince and princess once united‚live happily ever after". The author believes that these "lies" we have

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    the rivals ......as an anti-sentimental comedy Undoubtedly Sheridan’s purpose in writing “The Rivals” was to entertain the audience by making them laugh and not by making them shed tears. “The Rivals” was written as a comedy pure and simple. Though there are certainly a few sentimental scenes in this play yet they are regarded as a parody of sentimentality. The scenes between Faulkland and Julia are satire on the sentimental comedy which was in fashion in those days and against which Sheridan

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    32710445 To what extent is Romantic writing concerned with transgression? Discuss with reference to any two Romantic writers. To answer this question a definition should be given as to what ?Romantic Writing?and ?transgression? are. This helps to define the parameters of the essay. The dictionary defines transgression as ?an act that goes against a law‚ rule‚ or code of conduct; an offence.? Furthermore literary transgression is described as ??.literature in which orthodox moral‚ social‚ and

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    actor’s union? The name of the current union is The Actors Equity Association (Wilson 52). 3. What current or past tv sitcom displays the characteristics of Old and/or New Comedy? Explain. While this is not a tv sitcom‚ I believe that this is a very good example of a movie that displays the characteristics of the New Comedy genre from ancient Greek theatre. Meet the Parents employs the use of stock characters‚ realistic plots‚ and a focus on the complications of everyday life. Greg Focker and Pam

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