Unit 6 Flashcards
America’s first great imaginative writers
Knickerbockers
first writer of creative stories and sketches
Washington Irving
first novelist
James cooper
first eminent poet of nature
William Cullen Bryant
Author of “ A Republic of Prairie Dogs”
Washington Irving
where most of the great Romantic writers lived
New England
works of who involve highly imaginative, symbolic, and idealistic quests
Hawthorne, Melville, Poe
two visitors that come to the prairie dogs
owls
rattlesnakes
taught the young litter to bark
owl scared them
wrote “A Rescuer”
James Fenimore Cooper
young hunter reared by Delaware Indians
Natty Bumppo
Natty closest friend
young Delaware chief
first man to throw the tomahawk at Natty
Raven
Raven was__________ by his miss
humiliated
second man to throw the tomahawk at Natty
Moose
result of Moose’s throw
clipped Natty’s hair to tree
third man to throw tomahawk
Bounding Boy
result of Bounding Boy’s throw
hit cheek
second test for natty Bumppo
rifles in face
saved Natty from burn at stake
army
who saved Natty’s life
Chief Chingachook
wrote “Thanatopsis”
William Cullen Bryant
what did “Thanatopsis” say we will be reduce to when we die
dirt
what else did “Thanatopsis” say about death
- everyone will die
- you may not be remembered
how should we approach death?
with courage and calm
Thanatopsis is considered a Meditation of
Death
wrote “The Fringed Gentian”
Bryant
what did Bryant hope would happen in “Fringed Gentian”
hoping his latter years will bloom
wrote “To a Waterfowl”
Bryant
the waterfowl is flying because of
instinct
Bryant’s poem reflect ardent love for the
beauties of nature
wrote “Annabel Lee”
Edgar Poe
Who did Poe write Annabel Lee for
wife, Virginia Clem
wrote “A Dream within a Dream”
Poe
theme of “A
America’s only epic
Moby Dick
one of the greatest classics in all the world literature
Moby Dick
theme of Moby Dick
consequences of deliberately choosing evil over good
captain searching for the whale
Ahab
Ahab’s first mate
Starbuck
Ahab’s second mate
Stubb
Ahab’s third mate
Flask
former schoolteacher and the narrator of Moby Dick
Ishmael
Parsee who prophesied concerning Ahab
Fedallah
Fedallah’s prophecy was that
Ahab would die after seeing two unusual hearses carrying the dead at sea
1. one not constructed with human hads
2. the other made of wood grown in America
Fedallah predicted that Ahab’s death would be by
hemp
wrote Moby Dick
Herman Melville
Starbuck was a symbol of
conscience
Ahab was mourning what
leaving his wife
Ahab blames his search on
fate
lets people know Moby Dick is nearby
odor
what did Moby Dick do to the boat
bit it in half
Ahab is thrown where in the first chase?
water
Ahab promised his men what if they spot Moby first
gold (doubloon)
what did Moby Dick do the second time he is spotted?
gets harpoon cords, wraps them, and smashes them together
breaks Ahab’s ivory leg
who dies in the second encounter/day with Moby?
Fedallah
caught in harpoon lines and dragged under
the first hearse
Fedallah attached to Moby Dick
second hearse
Ahab’s boat the Pequod, made of American wood, causes the death of many
what happens on the third day?
Ahab dies
wrapped up in hemp and dragged under
only survivor
Ishmael
what was Ahab’s replacement peg leg made of?
broken keel of Ahab’s ship
wrote Shiloh
Melville
where did Shiloh take place
TN
feeling words in Shiloh
parched, pain, groan
themeof Shiloh
enemies in the morning
friends at night
wrote “The Tuft of Kelp”
Melville
theme of The Tuft of Kelp
Bitter or Better?
wrote “Art”
Melville
theme of Art
difficulty in the art
poem with allusion
Art
wrote “The Whale”
Melville
whale is symbolic of
despair
“My song for ever shall record,
That terrible, that joyful hour;
I give the glory to my God,
His all the mercy and the power.”
“The Whale”
questions expressing some idea but to which no answer is required
rhetorical question
comparison without the use of “like” or “as”
metaphor
wrote “Topsy”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
who was Topsy given to as a gift?
Miss Ophelia
who gave Topsy to Miss Ophelia?
Ophelia’s cousin Augustine
Stowe and Dana are romantic in their
sympathetic portrayal of the mistreated and the downtrodden
wrote “Two Years before the mast”
Richard Henry Dana
the sailor was headed to
Cape Horn
the sailor was in pain due to a
toothache
t/F: the captain worked just as hard as his men
FALSE
a single watch/shift was ____________
18 hours
who helped take care of the sailor and his toothache?
no one; he was one his own
