Personal reflection paper Sherri Spurgeon HUM/111 02/24/2013 Michael Newcomb Personal reflection paper Critical thinking is reflective reasoning about beliefs and actions. It is a way of deciding whether a claim is always true‚ sometimes true‚ partly true‚ or false. The three most significant things I have learned in this class would be to never assume anything until you know if it is true or not‚ to never pass judgment on something unless if it is true‚ and I have learned to never go by
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focus on the natural side of man and believed that human nature was based on emotion and feeling. This Romantic view came from the old German "Sturm and Drang" movement in romantic philosophy and literature that emphasized feeling and emotion. Romanticism also taught that individuals have unique‚ endless potential and that because artists are the true philosophers‚ self realization comes through the power of art. A painting named The Dreamer by Gaspar David Friedrich portrays these Romantic views
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Nature‚ Passion‚ and Religion Nature‚ Passion‚ and Religion are three themes that typify romanticism in a profound sense. In his book ‘Romanticism: Keywords‚’ Fred Burwick discussed those three words and gave some examples on how they typify romanticism. Firstly‚ when Burwick started talking about nature in his text‚ he began by explaining that the concept of nature went through a drastic change through time. Then‚ Burwick moved on to show us some examples of authors who recognized nature‚ including
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RESTORATION THROUGH ROMANTICISM The drama of the English Restoration combined aspects of English and continental Renaissance theater‚ both in playwriting and in theater architecture. French influence was also felt with the introduction of neoclassical ideals into serious English drama. By the eighteenth century‚ there was an attempt to break away from the Italianate traditions. Theater shapes changed‚ and playwrights abandoned the neoclassical ideals in favor of romanticism. As the middle classes
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18th century to the last decade of the 20th century was known as the period of Romanticism. It was a time when authors wrote of self- exploration and examining how people fit into the larger society. Authors used their writing as a way to connect characters quests and journeys to find their self to that of their audience. Romanticism used nature and human nature to show the inherent good within the world. Dark Romanticism focused on the inherent bad elements of nature and human nature as well as destruction
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One of the main elements of Romanticism that it used throughout the story‚ “The Devil and Tom Walker‚” that was wrote by Washington Irving is the archetypal plot‚ which is someone who sells his or her own soul to the devil for money‚ wisdom‚ power‚ and fame. The character that really shows this element is Tom Walker because he will do anything to be rich. This element that Tom shows in the story is going against our Christian beliefs and he is turning himself further away from God. Christians believe
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What tends to come to mind when being called romantic? In modern times its thought to be loving and thoughtful. But during this of time literature‚ being romantic didn’t have anything to do with the modern-day definition. Romantics were literary authors who wrote about the power of nature‚ natural beauty and emotion. Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ a romantic period author‚ wrote “The Birthmark” that became published in 1843. The story commences with Aylmer being introduced as an exceptional scientist and natural
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The first paragraph of Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “Ligeia” centers around a supernatural theme of Romanticism. This passage has the tendency to display irrational‚ mysterious‚ and unexplainable situations‚ which are characteristics use a lot in the Romantic era. In the first paragraph the narrator states‚ “I cannot‚ for my soul‚ remember how‚ when‚ or even precisely where I first became acquainted with the lady Ligeia” (692). There is a contradiction of the narrator’s relationship with Ligeia
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“Romanticism is a grace‚ celestial‚ or infernal that bestows us eternal stigma” (Harley Baudelaire‚ Document) The Romantic Era‚ which occurred in the late 18th century‚ was all about the new movement that feelings were and are greater than logic. This also inquires that nature is much more than just science. A great example or the Romantic Era shown through literature would be Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Within the novel it shows how nature is very mischievous and a dark forest could
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The Romanticism novel of Frankenstein written by author Mary Shelley‚ is a story that talks about Victor Frankenstein‚ a boy who created a disproportionate creature during a scientific experiment. Throughout the novel many confronts are approached due to the physical appearance and the constant rejection toward the creature of this story. At the Beginning of the novel‚ we have Victor Frankenstein‚ as a young boy‚ who struggles along the way with the death of his mother leading him to get caught
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