Unit 7 Flashcards
Edgar Allan Poe often depicts what kind of men?
Depraved men who are twisted and their innermost natures
Edgar Allan Poe was the 1st American writer to influence what three genres?
Poetry,fiction, and criticism
Edgar Allan Poe doesn’t believe that literature should be a means of instruction but rather for what?
Entertainment
What are Poe’s principles for literary composition?
- A work must have high literary quality, not just develop typical American content
- A single emotion or mood should dominate a work
- A work should be short enough to be read in one sitting
For the Christian, Poe’s perspective is flawed because of what?
Because of his exclusive focus on entertainment and the morbid side of man’s nature
In the poem “to Helen” emphasizes the soul’s attraction to what?
To beauty
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem “to Helen”?
Ababb cdcdc effef
What are important features of the poem “the Raven”?
- frequent use of internal and multi-syllabic rhyme
- increasing emotional density
- frequent use of repetition
What does the speaker mean by asking if there is a balm in gilead?
It is a biblical allusion and means he wants to know if he will experience relief from the bitter grief he has experienced
In the poem “sonnet-to-science” science is likened to a vulture because it has wings and it what?
“preys…..upon the poet’s heart”
To emphasize the theme, the sonnet “sonnet-to-science” features what?
- References to mythology
- The speaker’s dream
- Nature
What is uncharacteristic about the poem “to my mother” which was written by Poe?
The poem “to my mother” had a warm, and personal tone
In “Annabel lee” what is Annabel lee’s primary purpose in life?
Was “to love and be loved” by the speaker
What are the stylistic elements “Annabel lee”?
It’s diction, meter, and repetition-it contributes to the fairy-tale like mood
What is the theme of “the purloined letter”?
Appearances can be deceiving
What is the point of the story about the bot who won all the marbles in his school by playing a guessing game?
That the boy, unlike the prefect, succeeded by correctly assessing the thought process of his opponent. It was his reasoning skills
Poe lost his parents at an _________ Age
Early age
Why was Hawthorne motivated?
literary nationalism
What kind of settings did Hawthorne use usually?
American settings
Hawthorne was the only one of the American romantics to express a viewpoint based on what kind of values?
Christian values
What did Hawthorne frequently criticize?
The unrealistic optimism of transcendentalism
What stages did Hawthorne’s literary career divide into?
Literary preparation, short story, and novel
Hawthorne was the only writer to be attracted to what kind of history?
American history
Hawthorne uses historical setting in his fiction and stresses the universal themes of what?
Of isolation guilt and pride
What receives the greatest of emphasis in hawthorne’s collections?
Allegory
A story with a literal and a implied level of meaning
Allegory
What perspectives are given in “the maypole of merry mount”?
- The merry mounters through the puritans eyes
- The puritans in the merry mounters eyes
- Both groups in Edith’s and Edgar’s eyes
Hawthorne associate merry mount with _____________ by the major role nature plays in this story
Transcendentalism
“The celestial road” satirizes modernized what?
Religion
The characters of “the celestial road” are abstract rather than lifelike because it is necessary for what?
Allegory
The primary currency of vanity fair is what?
Conscience
What did some people trade at very disadvantageous rates for a few years lease on a small dismal shanty?
Tract of land and golden mansions situated in the city
What is the theme/central idea of “the minister’s black veil”?
Man should be conscious of his proneness to sin
While wearing the veil Mr. Hooper’s first sermon was about what?
Secret sin
The black veil kept Mr. Hooper in the what which is his heart?
“Saddest of all prisons”
Hawthorne sets “the birthmark” in the 18th century because why?
The 18th century’s age of reason is appropriate for Alymer’s character
In the story “the birthmark” hawthornes focuses on moral issues rather than what?
Bizarre events
Georgiana’s birthmark is symbolic of what?
Imperfection
Aminadab in “the birthmark” represents what?
Man’s physical nature
Why is Georgiana confident in Alymer’s science in “the birthmark”?
She trusts him and says no need of proof
In “the birthmark” Alymer is successful in removing what?
The birthmark
Mr. Hooper in “the minister’s black veil” reaction to the disturbing effect of the veil on his congregation is that he seems unaware of what?
The effect
What veil in “the minister’s black veil” is mr. Hooper willing to lift at death?
The veil that separates time from eternity
What does the sentence “jollity and gloom were contending for an empire” emphasis?
The central conflict between the merry mounter and Puritan and the extreme that there opposing views of life represents
What was Herman Melville born into?
Born in prosperous socially prominent family but experienced poverty due to Father’s bankruptcy
Unlike Poe’s and Hawthorne’s objections, Melville’s objections to transcendentalism were primarily what?
Philosophical
What was Herman Melville’s greatest work?
Moby dick
Herman Melville’s own what provided background for his best fiction?
Sea experiences
Herman Melville favored a what kind of style, which attempts to represent the world exactly as he saw it
A realistic style
What is the theme/central idea of “Bartley the scrivener”?
Man is flawed and lives out a futile and isolated existence
