experiences begin. This past week‚ my group did a presentation on the Italian Journey of Johann Wolfgang van Goethe‚ and while I didn’t do the hardcore analysis of the literary text (I did the biography and web encoding)‚ the topics my group discussed are still an interesting look into the character of a traveler and his discoveries abroad. What I’ve gathered from his diary entries is that Goethe went as a traveller and tried his best to understand the spirit of the Italian people‚ not just
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References: 1. Durkheim‚ Emile. Suicide: A Sociological Approach. Trans. John A. Spaulding. New York: Free‚ 1951. 2. Goethe‚ Johann Wolfgang von. The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings. Trans. Catherine Hutter. New York: Signet‚ 1962.
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From Enlightenment to Romanticism; A comparison between the two periods. The literary periods are like each other’s opposites. While in the enlightenment focus was on what was real and social justice‚ romanticism was more about feelings and often unrequited love. The 1700-s enlightenment writers spoke first and foremost about reason and wanted more than anything to teach and lecture their readers‚ they turned against the social injustice they saw and fought for tolerance and acceptance. While
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Born in Canterbury in 1564‚ Christopher Marlowe was an actor‚ poet‚ and playwright during the reign of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth I. Traditionally‚ the education that he received would have prepared him to become a clergyman‚ but Marlowe chose not to join the ministry. After leaving Cambridge‚ Marlowe moved to London‚ where he became a playwright and led a turbulent‚ scandal-plagued life. He produced seven plays‚ all of which were immensely popular. Among the most well known of his plays are Tamburlaine
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Hafez and Goethe. By Ismail Baroudy Abstract Despite a sharp gap historically segregating Hafez and Goethe from each other‚ the researcher justifiably finds them to merit sharing common spiritual‚ social‚ cultural and literary characteristics. This advocacy mainly stems from the fact that the former (Hafez) exercised an unfathomable strand of multidimensional impact on the latter (Goethe). Admittedly‚ based on findings approached in this study‚ the occidental Europe‚ at the time of Goethe‚ bitterly
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rationality‚ materialism and objectivity; the Romantics saw humans as feeling first and foremost‚ then thinking. Romantics were more attentive to matters of the heart‚ beauty‚ love‚ dreams and all things different. For example‚ the author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe exemplifies the Romantic Movement perfectly in his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther. Benton describes the plot as: “It’s main character‚ Werther‚ is discontented with Enlightenment ideals of objectivity and rationality. He seeks‚ instead
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lieder natural selection leitmotiv Times to Know: 1. Beginning of the French Revolution (1792) 2. American Civil War (1861-1865) Names to Know: 1. Louis Pasteur 2. Charles Darwin 3. Ludwig van Beethoven 4. Jacques-Louis David 5. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 6. Shelley‚ Byron‚ and Keats (started Romantic poetry in England) 7. Charles Dickens 8. Edgar Allan Poe 9. Emerson‚ Thoreau‚ Dickinson (American poets) 10. Hawthorne‚ Thoreau‚ and Melville (American novelists) 11. Schubert‚ Verdi‚
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Successes | Reasons for Success | Failures | Reasons for Failure | Concordat of 1801 | It solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France | Creation of Republics | He rules as a dictator‚ there was no real voting power for anyone | Abolition of serfdom and feudalism | The republic saw that all citizens were equal | Continental system | Cause economic problems throughout Europe | Code Napoleon | It was confusing
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state that could be called happiness‚ a state of contentment and peace of mind in which virtue is its own reward.” ~ Immanuel Kant 13. “The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.” ~ Johann Wolfang von Goethe 14. “Some people cause happiness wherever they go‚ others whenever they go.” ~ Oscar Wilde 15. “A table‚ a chair‚ a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy? ~ Albert Einstein 16. “Each morning when I open
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the poem through multiple perceptions and forces the reader to choose sides. Even more so when there is a subtle conflict between the poem’s forms‚ being more nursery-rhyme like and the poem’s context‚ being more on the gloomy and dark side. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Erl- King” uses complex sentence structure and emotional conflicts to confuse the reader’s decisions about the characters’ role throughout the poem‚ intensifying the sense of urgency and discourse between the characters in the text
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