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    Reformation on Religion was most important event and cause for others There were many important changes in Europe history during 1500 to 1700. During this period‚ structure of Europe changed‚ reformations made‚ and idea of government appeared. Many important ideas that created modern day Europe and western civilization constructed around this time period. Three given important events ‚ protestant reformation with catholic church division ‚ English civil war with creation of absolutism and scientific

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    “Nature” was written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and explains the importance of appreciation of nature. The work was soon used as the foundation of transcendentalism‚ a movement that started in the nineteenth century. Emerson believed people who were connected to nature lived a better life closer to God. He also believed people were too involved with the world aside from nature. The changing society‚ the material world‚ and everyday distractions were keeping people from splurging in the beauty of nature

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    General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience the different types of transcendentalism Organizational Pattern: Logical pattern Thesis: There are many different tenets of transcendentalism. 3 major ones are: self-reliant‚ idealism‚ and spiritual realm. Introduction I. Attention Grabber: “Into the wild” book required to read in most high schools II. S-A-T Orientation (Establish Credibility and Relate Yourself to the Audience: I as well as many of my peers hated the book

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    Here are the study guides for Literature Aaron Study Guide for American Literature Final Exam - each student will be allowed to bring notes to help with your exam. -exam will focus on what we discussed in class‚ should understand basic importance of the author and the work. Also have a good understanding of the basic idea in the essay or what happens in the story. Be familiar with some famous quotes as well. Anne Bradstreet and Puritans‚ “Prologue to The Tenth Muse” American

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    feelings. Humans can split half and half or fall on the extreme end of the spectrum as Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays. The Romantics value impulse and natural intuition. They do not hold any value to reasoning through thinking or through study of literature. The Scarlet Letter‚ shows that Roger Chillingworth‚ Pearl and Hester Prynne characterize the perfect personalities to show a Romantic and Realist point of view. Presented as a realistic character‚ Roger Chillingworth gains his knowledge through

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    [pic] “The Storming of the Bastille”‚ Claude Monet (1789) This painting represents the chaos and violence that was characteristic of the French Revolution Nate Yurow The Debate Between Romanticism and Enlightenment The poem France: An Ode‚ written by Samuel Coleridge and Robespierre’s Republic of Virtue agree on the values that the French Revolution fights for but have contrasting views on the methods used to achieve those goals. The French Revolution fought to break down the monarchial

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    Quite possibly one of the most easily pieces of literature in popular culture today‚ Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein is a key novel in the Romantic movement. The key elements of the Romantic period are prevalent throughout the novel‚ particularly through the thoughts‚ emotions‚ and actions of the two Byronic heroes of the novel‚ Victor Frankenstein and the monster he creates out of the desire to learn the secrets of nature. Both the characters epitomize the Romantic ideals of a Byronic

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    Dark Romanticism & Poe: How The Black Cat Encompasses Dark Romantic Ideals in Pre-Civil War Era America There are multiple ways in which Dark Romantics can be differentiated from the greater whole of American society during the early to mid-1800s. Unlike their predecessors‚ the Dark Romantics believed that humans were intrinsically sinful‚ and prone to self-destruction. Their pieces also include overriding themes of mystery‚ death‚ and the macabre. Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat‚ is a prime example

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    In “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” its main character‚ Pirsig’s mind is being pulled in two separate directions. What peculiar brand of magic is inherent‚ combination and confliction of romanticisms and classicalism is hard to say. These two conflicting views are introduced as a motif. This motif is used to display the continuous conflict of the romantic and classical influence on Pirsig. Many times throughout the book Pirsig travels to his romantic side. Although this isn’t his normal

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    for one of the most famous romance novels of our time. The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne set a genre standard for American Romanticism‚ with an intrinsic love of nature‚ sense of freedom of imagination and emotion‚ and the low regard Hawthorne holds for organized religion and all that it entails. In his novel‚ Hawthorne builds on the standards of romanticism‚ as the trend away from Puritanism and religious Oligarchy. One of the essential‚ driving elements to Hawthorne ’s Scarlet Letter‚

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