Name:______________________________________
Guided Notes Romanticism Powerpoint
American Industrialization /Industrial Revolution
How did America’s borders and global influence expand following the Revolution?
_____________________________ was the idea that westward expansion was America’s destiny.
What were the problems with America expanding west past the Mississippi?
How did American technology evolve after trade relations with Great Britain broke down?
Effects of Industrialization
People moved where?
Where were people working?
What business was taking off and increasing slavery?
Romantic Movement
What is the Romantic Movement?
Romanticism is inspired by what?
Romantics were against or did not like what?
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Emphasized _________________________and the _____________________________ over ________________
Were advocates for ___________________ and celebrated the _________________________
As the U.S. expanded, American writers captured that spirit of ___________________________________
Unlike the Puritans, Romantic writers were more influenced by ___________________ and the _________________ rather than God.
Three Types of Writers of the time
1__________________________ ____Named because they were easy to read by the fire with Family (Social Reform Advocates)
•Focused on Individualism and Nature
•William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Holmes
2. __________________________ Emphasize living a simple life and finding our truth in nature
•Personal Emotion and Imagination
•Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau
3.____________________________ Emphasize individualism
•Satirical, Emotional, Deal with the Occult, Vivid imagery
•Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Name:______________________________________
The Scarlet Letter Notes
Background on time frame:
1. Nathaniel Hawthorne- About the Author
 Disliked Puritan Culture thanks to his family’s role in The Salem Witch Trials
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2. Theocracy
 A government where ________________________ are based on __________________.
 Modern Example:
3. Puritan Beliefs and Culture Notes (What did they value/believe in?)
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4. Punishments (What were they like and why?)
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5. Setting of the Novel The Scarlett Letter: _____________________________________________
Characters Descriptions:
 Hester Prynne
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Roger Chillingsworth
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Arthur Dimmesdale
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Pearl
Novel Analysis
6. Symbols in Scarlet Letter to take note and significance of:
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7. Scarlet Letter motifs and themes to annotate for:
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