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    BARNACK HILLS AND HOLES BACKGROUND: The location of the area is‚ it is situated in the village named Barnack (south of Stamford Lincolnshire).The site is treated and managed as a nature reserve and site of Special Scientific Interest(SSSI).Hills and Hollows are its local name‚ but Hills and Holes are the official names. The site itself is fascinating because of the extraction of limestone which goes back to the Jurassic age. The stone which was extracted was Barnack rag. The extraction process stopped

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    Romanticism is an artistic‚ musical‚ literary and intellectual style used by different persons to emphasize the state and quality of being romantic. From the song “Southern Sun” there are several elements of romanticism used to enhance the theme of the music. From the video‚ the element of nature is evident in the display of mountains and valleys with flowing rivers. This symbolizes emotional liberation from the artificial constructs of civilization when the singer gets out of the house and takes

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    sixteenth centuries. Instead of relying on reason like the Neoclassics‚ Romantics favored emotion and imagination in their literature. Queen’s "Bohemian Rhapsody" contains many of the aspects Romantic poets and writers found important. For instance‚ Romanticism emphasized mystery in all places and encouraged readers to use their imaginations. In "Bohemian Rhapsody"‚ there are several lines that echo the mystery theme‚ such as the opening lines‚ which are questions: "Is this the real life? / Is this just

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    The main ideas of the period of Romanticism were largely based on self expression‚ free will and the ability to act on that will‚ spontaneity‚ individualism and the prospect to shape your own life. The thoughts of the realists pertained to more concrete aspects of the here and now and emphasize that the things that matter are unavoidable truths. In the Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass‚ his ideas of human potential and self exploration towards becoming part of the proclaimed freedoms and

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    1. After reviewing the Romanticism resource page‚ list three characteristics of Romanticism. Also‚ identify three authors of the Romantic period. Profound love of nature‚ focus on the self and the individual‚ and fascination with the supernatural. Three authors of this period are William Cullen Bryant‚ Edgar Allan Poe‚ and Washington Irving. 2. Using the Transcendentalism resource page‚ list three characteristics of Transcendentalism. • Reverence for nature • Celebrated individualism • Intuition

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    In the short stories‚ The Hollow of Three Hills by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Moving Finger by Edith Wharton‚ there is an ever present sense of the supernatural. This is shown in various contrasting as well as similar ways in each story. Two such ways would be the use of the supernatural in a physical and impure way in Hawthorne’s story and in a psychological and spiritual way in Wharton’s. The use of the setting to portray the supernatural motif is also used. Firstly‚ both stories share similar

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    of the few authors who wrote gothic literature stories. American Romanticism was used to show the reactions to the restrictions of the puritans during the 1800’s. The purpose of Gothic literature was and still is to entertain‚ to present a moral‚ and to inspire improvement of oneself through imagination. Desolate location‚ ghost or spirit‚ use of symbols‚ an attempt to escape for a moment are some characteristics that dark romanticism uses. Of course not all gothic stories have to have every single

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    In Heart of Darkness‚ Joseph Conrad explores the concept of the hollow man through the development of the character Kurtz as well as the parallels between his novel and T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Hollow Men.” Passivity‚ lack of identity‚ and darkness are topics addressed in both Heart of Darkness and “The Hollow Men.” These themes are less commonly explored today‚ as our identity is shaped by social media and the reality outside of the internet is one fewer and fewer people face each year. Conrad forces

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    Megan Hartley Professor Planer Arts & Ideas November 8‚ 2010 An Analysis of Romanticism of Atala The Romantic Era brings to the mind of an uneducated person of a time of idyllic pleasure‚ carefree and light. If asked to picture it some may say a damsel in distress rescued by her knight riding in on a white stallion. However‚ the Romantic Era was more of an era of rebellion as the world moved away from the “correctness” in literary art and religion. It was an era of artistic movement

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    Romanticism was an era of arts‚ literature‚ music and an intelligent crusade that was created in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and in most areas was at its peak in the period from 1800 to 1850. Romanticism was considered by its importance on emotion and individuality as well as the glorification of all the past and nature‚ desiring the medieval rather than the classical. Topic sentence: Enthusiasm for the natural man and adolescence Romantics had confidence in the innate decency of

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