The Road to War

Question 0

Ludwig van Beethoven

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• was the great master of romantic music
• extended and broke open classical forms
• used contrasting themes and tones to produce dramatic conflict and inspiring resolutions

Question 1

Victor Hugo

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• was French
• was the son of a Napoleonic general
• exemplified the Romantic fascination with fantastic characters, exotic historical settings, and human emotion through his novels
• equated freedom in literature with liberty in politics and society
• wrote /Hunchback of Notre Dame/ about a “human gargoyle” who rang the cathedral’s bells and looked over the teeming life of fifteenth century France