Unit 2 Test Flashcards
(20 cards)
What are the elements of romanticism?
Individualism, Intuition, Intense Emotion, Inspiration, and Imagination
Two major writers from this time period of romanticism
William Cullen Bryant, and Washington Ivring
What are the four elements of Gothic fiction?
Hidden truths, Against optimism, Eerie setting, and Exploration of evil
Name 3 major writers of Gothic fiction
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allen Poe, and Herman Melville
What did the raven represent in The Raven?
Grief
In Walden why did the author go into the woods at the beginning?
To get away from society and focus on what was happening in the present.
What is the overall theme of Walden
To take life at your own pace and don’t depend on what society does because you may not be going at the same pace as everyone else.
What does the author think about society in Walden?
He thinks society is moving too fast and worrying about things that don’t directly affect them.
In Masque of the Red Death what does Prince Prospero try to do at the start of the story?
He tries to block out the rest of the world by taking his close friends and barricading them selves in the castle to get away and hide from the red death.
In Masque of the Red Death what is the overall theme of the text?
Death will always find you.
In Masque of the Red Death how does Poe use two symbols to support this theme?
The ebony clock is a symbol to a timer of their life, as it struck every hour until midnight. Another symbol is the corpse mask because it was made to represent a dead corpse perfectly almost foreshadowing what was going to happen to the others.
In the passage Minister’s Black Veil what does the veil represent?
Sins and secrets, and how people hide the sins and secrets away from others.
In the passage Minister’s Black Veil how do the townspeople treat Revered Hooper, and what does this show about sin during this time period?
They treated him with less respect and were afraid of him and would gossip behind his back. It shows that sin during this time period was very secretive and important to people to not sin.
In The Raven how does the speakers emotional state change throughout the poem?
At the beginning he was calm while he was reading and once the raven came in he was yelling and very distraught and just wanted the raven to leave but it never did.
In The Raven what is the setting and how does it relate to Gothic FIction?
The setting is very dark and eerie, this relates to gothic fiction because it is known to have many dark and eerie factors to make the reader dreadful and afraid.
In the passage A Rose for Emily how do the other characters treat Mrs.Emily?
They treated her with respect because she was an elder of the town, but they talked about her and felt bad for her as her father died.
In the passage A Rose for Emily who is Homer, and how is his relationship to Emily?
Homer is Emily’s friend to him, and their relationship was very one sided because Homer made it clear he wasn’t a marrying man and he was gay. Emily was obsessed with him however, and she didn’t really have any option due to her father being strict about her relationship life.
In the passage A Rose for Emily what shocking revelation does the end of the story bring?
It shows the reason her house has stunk, and it was due to the fact that she murdered Homer and still slept in the same bed with him every night. It ended the wonder where Homer was because most people thought he just disappeared.
In the passage A Rose for Emily how was Emily able to keep her secret so long?
She was able to keep her secret so long because the room where he was kept was locked and no one went inside expect for her. Many of the townspeople thought her house just stunk because she wasn’t able to keep her kitchen clean so they didn’t say anything or investigate.
In the passage A Rose for Emily what examples of foreshadowing are seen?
When she bought the rat poison and wasn’t expressing why she needed it. When she held onto her dad for 3 days before letting them bury him. Her house smelling so bad. The way the passage explained Homer going missing made us infer something had made him disappear.
