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    THE EARLY ROMANTIC ERA: THE SECOND GREATEST ROMANTIC ERA IN ENGLISH LITERATURE By: Amalia Lestari 10211144032/3H ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ART YOGYAKARTA STATE UNIVERSITY 2012 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background Romantic period was begun from 1798 to 1832 or it lasts about 34 years. It was also divided into three reigns which the first reign was led by George III‚ the second reign was led by George IV‚ and the last reign

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    Life‚ Consciousness‚ and Existence Summary: As Victor Frankenstein gives life to the monster‚ he becomes the creator. The relationship between Victor and the monster parallels the relationship between the mankind and God. However‚ Victor abandons his creation right after he comes to life. The monster wanders around the wilderness‚ unable to make sense of his own existence; he is unable to find his place in the world and his link to humanity. The monster blames Victor for his misery‚ claiming

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    Enlightenment Rationalism and Romantic Subjectivism In the eighteenth century social theories had a huge impact on individuals within a society. Two social theories in particular came to be during radical times. The enlightenment rationalism theory was based on human reason and rational thought. The romantic subjectivism theory was based on the importance of individual freedom with an emphasis on the subjective mind and culture. These two social theories were both highly influential during their

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    the romantic era‚ slavery was the largest. When artistes would publish work‚ it would be all about slavery and talking down on it‚ for that was the hot topic in the romantic era and they knew it would sell. The first major poem to attack slavery was “The Dying Negro” by Thomas Day. His poem went into depth about African Americans not having anything and wouldn’t amount to anything. Between the years 1785 and 1795 plenty of poems‚

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    Frankenstein Summer Reading Assignment Your summer read is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. This book is available at the Chandler High School Library‚ the Chandler Public Library‚ or you may choose to buy your own copy. Please read the following documents carefully. This file includes the assignments you will need to complete along with the summer reading. Some of the assignments have different due dates. You must complete the following:  Academic Vocabulary - begin prior to reading the novel

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    Wollstonecraft Shelley‚ Frankenstein is widely considered to be among the novels that fully exemplify Romantic-era literary achievement. The Romantic movement is a general term used to denote the intellectual evolution in literature and the arts‚ primarily in 19th century Europe. Substantial facets of literary Romanticism include belief in the innate virtue of humans‚ the bounds of nature‚ as well as the polarity of human emotion‚ all of which are embodied in Shelley’s Frankenstein. Through reading Shelley’s

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    After years of medical training‚ Tania Frankenstein (Rosalba Neri) returns to her ancestral home‚ eager to assist her father‚ the Baron (Joseph Cotten)‚ in his most recent experiment. With the help of his crippled friend (and longtime lab assistant) Charles (Paul Muller)‚ the Baron is ready to prove to the world that‚ under the right circumstances‚ dead tissue can be reanimated. Using cadavers that he purchased from Lynch (Herbert Fux)‚ a professional grave robber‚ the Baron does‚ indeed‚ build a

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    Enlightenment era and the Romantic era was a time of progression. Each time period offered its own views on the natural world and religion. The Enlightenment era also known as the Age of Reason showed that observation‚ empiricism‚ and reason were to be the foundation and the terms to which everything was held to. Whereas‚ the Romantic era took a particular emphasis on the individual and sought to combat classism as well as rebellion against social rules; the enlightenment and romantic era were similar but

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    Romanticism Chart Characteristics of Romanticism Examples from Frankenstein 1. A deepened appreciation of the beauties of nature When Frankenstein was dealing with the stress of the creature killing his family members‚ he found comfort in appreciating nature in solitude. 2. A general exaltation of emotion over reason and of the senses over intellect After Frankenstein dies‚ the Creature is remorseful. He says that he let his emotions get the best of him; he knows what he was doing was wrong

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    Mary Shelley’s nineteenth century epistolary novel‚ Frankenstein (1818)‚ and Ridley Scott’s late twentieth century post-modern film‚ Blade Runner (1992)‚ bear striking similarities when studied as texts in time‚ as they both aim to warn humanity about attempting to usurp of the role of God in creating life. However‚ their respective contexts mean that the way in which they present notions about humanity differs. Shelley and Scott have extrapolated their various concerns born from their respective

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