Other Terms

Question 1

_____________ a philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.

Answer 1

Existentialism

Question 2

__________ point of view is when the narrator of the story shares the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters

Answer 2

omniscient

Question 3

______________ point of view is when the narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one character.

Answer 3

limited omniscient

Question 4

______________ is philosophy focused on protesting the Puritan ethic and materialism. They valued individualism, freedom, experimentation, and spirituality. Noted authors included: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Answer 4

transcendentalism

Question 5

The__________ have no concrete concept to support the existence of God or any absolute value. They believe that man is the molder of his own destiny.`

Answer 5

existentialists

Question 6

Henry Longfellow (Poet/writer of “Paul Revere’s Ride”) and Nathanial Hawthorne (Author of “The Scarlet Letter”) were both transcendentalists or existentialists?

Answer 6

transcendentalists