Romanticism

Question 1

Alexander Pushkin was born in

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Russia (Moscow)

Question 2

Pushkin caused a stir because he

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wanted government changes

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Pushkin worked in - in St. Petersburg

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government service

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because of Pushkins assosiations with political rebles he was banished to his estate for

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five years

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who is called Russias greatests poet

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Pushkin

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Heinrich Heine was from

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Germany

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Heine was also very gifted in

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satire and political writings

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Heine was very controversial because of his

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criticisms of the political and social situation in Germany and harsh attacks on repression and prejudice.

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Heine is known for his

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lyrical poetry

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most of heines poems focous on the subject of

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love with cynicism undertones

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lyrical poetry

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brief poem that describes the authors thoughts and feelings

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lyric poems use

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symbols

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Heine wrote a poem about a sea nymph called

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The Lorealie

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The loraelie is about a sea nymph who

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is a siren, sits on a clift above the Rhine, unknowingly distracting sailors by combing her beautiful blonde hair and singing causes them to crash

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Background of the Loralie. She is accused of bewitching men and

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sent to live in a nunnery. on the way there she asks if she can see the rhine one more time and jumps off clift

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resplendent

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shining brightly

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In Russia today Pushkin is very famous and sometimes even considered

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a mythical figure

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Pushkin did nearly every literary form (T/f)

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true

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Pushkin is best known for his play and novel

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Boris Godunovand Eugene Onegin

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Pushkins life was ended by a duel because

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someone was so persistant to try to come after his wife who was considered the most beautiful woman in russia even noticed by the Czar

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Ballad

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early literary form supposed to be set to music passed down by word of mouth expresses emotions

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Matchmaker

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someone who arranges marriages and only gets paid if marriage takes place

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Victor Hugo was a famous romanticism poet from

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france

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Hugo was concerned with the

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individual and emotions

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Hugo used his fame to advocate for political causes he believed in like

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his disapproval of the absolute rule of Napoleon III he told the french to revolt

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Hugo escaped just before Napoleon came to his door by

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fleeing dressed as a woman

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After his exile Hugo went to live in

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Guernsey, an island in the English Channel, where he lived in exile for the next 20 years.

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Hugos first novel was

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the hunchback of notre-dame when he was 29 which made france fix up the neglected cathedral tourists came who read his book

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During his exile hugo wrote a play called

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Les Misérables

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Les Misérables was about a boy who spent 19 years in jail for

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stealing a loaf of bread. Then he becomes a small town mayor and is again imprisoned for a small crime in his distant past

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When Hugo returned he was asked to be a part of

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the senate of the new third republic

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expiation

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atonment for wrongdoing

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Napoleon I retreated from Russia

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yes