Eden Gately English H 10 Romanticism Poetry Due to the outbreak of rationalism from the Scientific Revolution‚ people began focusing on optimism and humanism to make the world a better place in which they called the Enlightenment. Following this‚ The Romantic Movement is said to have began in the 1770’s and is known as an international artistic and philosophical movement that focused on the thought of oneself and the world. Its span also included the American Revolution (1776) and the
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Makayla Joseph Ms. Oville English III Honors- 1st Hour December 7‚ 2012 Essays: Option 1 Romanticism Write an essay that classifies Theodore Gericault’s painting The Raft of the Medusa and William Woodsworth’s poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” as romantic by identifying and explaining how specific examples from both works reflect three different characteristics of the Romantic period. In class we talked about Theodore Gericault’s painting The Raft of the Medusa in reference to the
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Romanticism Romanticism was created by artists who had introduced this art movement in 1750 and 1850‚ which originated from Western Europe indicating the feelings towards the aristocratic‚ social and political to remove the strict rules of classicism. This specific art movement was based from the individualism‚ subjectivism‚ irrationalism‚ imagination‚ emotions and nature of a person’s understanding. Since they were in revolt against the orders‚ they favoured the revival of potentially unlimited
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From 1815-1848 there were a series of revolutions and other events which helped to spark the revolution of 1848. Firstly‚ nationalists wanted to see Italy united and to drive the Austrians out of Italy‚ although there was debate among them as to how much of Italy should be united. The liberals sought to establish an Italy with a constitutional monarchy and give the people basic rights‚ such a free speech. Secondly‚ in 1815‚ the Vienna Settlement dictated that the Italian states should return to
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of the Second World War forever changed European Society. The war wiped out a generation of young men and left millions of Europeans uprooted from their homes. Many wondered whether Europe could deal with the consequences of a war that challenged conventional wisdom. Ultimately Europeans found different ways to cope and overcome their darkest hour. The development of the East-West divide and the growing influence of the United States and Soviet Union impacted how Europeans coped. However‚ despite
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A’s and I never had a single write up. I always tried to do the best I could to get through the years and I did well until the sixth grade. My fifth grade year was slightly bad but mainly good. In fifth grade I was in the National Jr. Honor Society also known as the NJHS. It was a group for the junior high successful students who believed in accomplishing many goals and those who had many dreams. I had great grades throughout 5th and sixth grade.
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Congress of Vienna (1815) In September 1814 June 1815‚ the leaders who vanquished Napoleon‚ European representatives‚ and those who believe they were in "high circles" gathered together to redraw territorial boundaries and fashion a lasting peace at the end of the Napoleonic wars after the downfall of Napoleon.  Dominated by four major victors Great Britain‚ Prussia‚ Russia‚ and Austria set peace term with France in April.  signing a crucial document  legitimacy (territories
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governed nature and society‚ and respected them in all aspects of their lives. Mary Shelly was a Romanticist who took natural laws seriously in her novel Frankenstein which taught us not to challenge the natural world because nature will take whatever course it wants. Rousseau also taught that man was born good but corrupted by society in his novel The Social Contract written in 1762. Newton’s enlightened teachings being popular among all of the social classes also portrays how
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religion should become the basis for action. The expansion of knowledge and the idea that all people have natural rights led to the shaping of the world today. The Age of Enlightenment influenced both the foundation and the structure of modern western society with ideas that the people should become
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A moment in history that changed our society to what it is today was The Women’s Right Movement‚ which began in 1848. At the time the U.S. was founded‚ it’s female citizens didn’t have many rights‚ especially compared to what the men had at the time. No women had the right to vote‚ married women couldn’t own property and had no legal claim to any money‚ even if they earned it. Women were also expected to focus on housework and motherhood‚ not politics or jobs. One of the biggest rights women wanted
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