Gothic literature is characterized by grotesque characters, bizarre situations, and violent events.
Originating in Europe, but becoming popular in the US during the 19th century
Edgar Allan Poe, Nthaniel Hawthorne
Romanticism
1.Writters saw limitation of reason
2. Celebrated idividual spirit
3. Emotions
4. Imagiination- these are the basics of human nature
5. splenders of nature
6. Super natural
7. Atmosphere
8. Sentiment
9. Optimism
Washington Irving, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Transceadentalists
The philosophy of transcendentalism derived in part of Germany romanticism was based on a belief that transcendent forms of truth exist beyond reason and experience.
Waldo Emerson- every individual is capable of discovering this higher truth on his or her own through intuition
American Gothic
cavernous Gothic cathedrals
irregularly placed towers
high stained glass windows
gargoyles- small deformed creaturs
squatting on corners of cathedrals that wards off evil spirits
Gargoyle- grotesque creature
imaginative distortion of reality
Threshold of the unknown- that shadowy region where the fantastic the demonic and the insane reside
Dark side of individualism
When romatics looked at the individual they saw hope while the gothic saw the potential of evil
(Poe)dark medieval castles
decaying ancient estates
male narrators are insane
female- beautiful and dead(or dying)
extreme situations not just murder but live burials, physical, and mental torture, retribution from beyond the grave.
in such situations people reveal their true natures
-- fear, greed, vanity, mistrust, and betrayal
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Gothic Literature
Gothic Literature contains both horror and romance.
Is thought to have been first created by the English author Horace Walpole in 1764 in the novel the Castle of Oranto.
Prominent features of Gothic fiction include terror (both psychological and physical), mystery, the supernatural, ghosts, haunted houses and gothic architecture, castles, darkness, death, decay, doubles, madness, secrets, and hereditary curses.
there is usualy castles, ruined buildings, dungeons, underground passages, spooky basements or attics, winding stairs, darkness, flikering candles, extrem landscapes, curses, magic, vilians
Romanticism
was thought to have started with wordsworthe and coleridge's Lyrical Ballads in 1798.
some english romantic poets are byron, shelly, robert burns, keats, robert southey, and william cowper.
a movement in the literature of vertually every country from 1750 to 1870, characterized by reliance on the imagination and subjectivity of approach, freedom of thought and expression, and an idealization of nature
They dealt with nature, romance, lure of the exotic, and the supernatural
Johann wolfgang Goethe and the novel the sorrows of young werther i 1774
E.T.A. Hoffmann's der sandmann(the sandman) in 1817.
Transcendentalism
had to deal with spiritral beliefs.
began with Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature in 1836
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Monday, September 21, 2009
the crucible
elements of plot in drama
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
foil- a minor character whose traits contrast sharply with those of the main character
monologe- a long speech spoken by a single character to himself or herself, or to the audience
soliloquy- a monologue in which a character speaks his or her private thoughts aloud and appears to be unaware of the audience
aside- a short speech or comment that is delivered by a character to the audience, but that is beyond the hearing of other characters who are present
This is the true story of the Salem Witch Trials. It starts with the girls sick in bed. they are faking loss of appiet, and temporary loss of hearing and site. They were seen in the forest dancing and running around naked. They were out there with Tatuba who is from barbados and she was chanting so people thought they were talking to the devil.
It gets crazy and people can accus anybody of being a witch and it must be true because nobody would ever lie about a thing like that.
Abigal lived with John for awhile and he was caught being unfaithful to his wife with her. after Goody Protctor found out she kicked Abigal out. and Abigal was mad that she couldn't be with John so she wanted Goody Protoctor dead so she could be with him.
The thing that made this so bad is that the testimony of a church member who claimed to have seen a person's spirit performing witch craft was enough to sentence the accused to death.
Mary comes forward and tells them that it is all fake but the other girls start to copy her and act like she is possesing them and taking control of them.
If you said that you didn't do it you would be killed. if you admited it then you would have to live the rest of your life with people thinking that you were a witch.
so nobody really one your life was ruined if anybody wanted to accuse you of being a witch.
People started blaming everybody that they could.
Act 1
In this act it starts the story. it tells how the girls were in the forest singing and dancing. They are all ill and are faieting and having loss of apitie and temparary loss of site and hearing.
They all have symptoms that can very eaisly be faked. Abigal drinks blood from the chiken and wishes that Goody Practor is dead so that her and John can be together forever.
The puritans are very sticked when it comes to religion and their whole government and life is built around it.
When witchcraft is brought up lots of peole are shocked. and reverand Hale comes to investigate.
Act 2
Everybody is getting accused of being a witch. Everyday there is someone else getting accused of it because if you have any reason to want to get rid of a person you just have to say that you saw them with the devil.
Goody Practor is accused of being a witch by Abigal.
Act 3
Mary goes to the coart and tries to tell people that it is all made up.
The other girls start to copy her and try to convince the court that it is Mary taking control of them.
John sticks up for mary and says that Abigal is lying because she wants to be with him
He admitts that he had an affair with her and says that thats why his wife kicked her out.
to prove this Goody practor is to come in and say it beacuse she never lies. but when she comes in she lies because she wants to protect her husbands name.
Act 4
Abigal steals Parris money money and runs away. They start to kill people
they tell John that if he confeses he can be let go. but he doesn't because he won't lie and he doesn't want to give up his name because it is all he has and it is the only one he will ever get
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
foil- a minor character whose traits contrast sharply with those of the main character
monologe- a long speech spoken by a single character to himself or herself, or to the audience
soliloquy- a monologue in which a character speaks his or her private thoughts aloud and appears to be unaware of the audience
aside- a short speech or comment that is delivered by a character to the audience, but that is beyond the hearing of other characters who are present
This is the true story of the Salem Witch Trials. It starts with the girls sick in bed. they are faking loss of appiet, and temporary loss of hearing and site. They were seen in the forest dancing and running around naked. They were out there with Tatuba who is from barbados and she was chanting so people thought they were talking to the devil.
It gets crazy and people can accus anybody of being a witch and it must be true because nobody would ever lie about a thing like that.
Abigal lived with John for awhile and he was caught being unfaithful to his wife with her. after Goody Protctor found out she kicked Abigal out. and Abigal was mad that she couldn't be with John so she wanted Goody Protoctor dead so she could be with him.
The thing that made this so bad is that the testimony of a church member who claimed to have seen a person's spirit performing witch craft was enough to sentence the accused to death.
Mary comes forward and tells them that it is all fake but the other girls start to copy her and act like she is possesing them and taking control of them.
If you said that you didn't do it you would be killed. if you admited it then you would have to live the rest of your life with people thinking that you were a witch.
so nobody really one your life was ruined if anybody wanted to accuse you of being a witch.
People started blaming everybody that they could.
Act 1
In this act it starts the story. it tells how the girls were in the forest singing and dancing. They are all ill and are faieting and having loss of apitie and temparary loss of site and hearing.
They all have symptoms that can very eaisly be faked. Abigal drinks blood from the chiken and wishes that Goody Practor is dead so that her and John can be together forever.
The puritans are very sticked when it comes to religion and their whole government and life is built around it.
When witchcraft is brought up lots of peole are shocked. and reverand Hale comes to investigate.
Act 2
Everybody is getting accused of being a witch. Everyday there is someone else getting accused of it because if you have any reason to want to get rid of a person you just have to say that you saw them with the devil.
Goody Practor is accused of being a witch by Abigal.
Act 3
Mary goes to the coart and tries to tell people that it is all made up.
The other girls start to copy her and try to convince the court that it is Mary taking control of them.
John sticks up for mary and says that Abigal is lying because she wants to be with him
He admitts that he had an affair with her and says that thats why his wife kicked her out.
to prove this Goody practor is to come in and say it beacuse she never lies. but when she comes in she lies because she wants to protect her husbands name.
Act 4
Abigal steals Parris money money and runs away. They start to kill people
they tell John that if he confeses he can be let go. but he doesn't because he won't lie and he doesn't want to give up his name because it is all he has and it is the only one he will ever get
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
salem witch trials
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i learned that they believed in witches and they were thought the devil would go inside of them and do harm to others.
they made witch cakes and gave them to dogs and if the dog started to act like the person acused then they were a witch.
They were acused and had a trial most of the accused were found guilty and hung or sent to prision to die.
19 men and women were hung because they were acused of witchcraft.
back then church and religion were related so the puritans ran the government. they had very harsh rules and that is how they go away with the salem witch trials.
they would acuse people of being witches for the dumbest reasons.
that winter some girls got sick and the doctor couldn't help them so it was said that it was witchcraft.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
where am i from
My ancestors are mostly from Germany. my moms moms and dads side are from Germay. My dads moms side is also from germany.
My grandpa on my dads side his mom is from austriat. and his dad is part indian.
they have been trying to trace it for years but don't know what tribe we are from.
My grandpa on my dads side his mom is from austriat. and his dad is part indian.
they have been trying to trace it for years but don't know what tribe we are from.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
What ive learned.
In the Man to Send Rain Clouds i learned that we all have different veiws and we have to choose whats right. The Indians wanted to burry the grandpa but they really want rain. they belive that when people die they go up and give them rain. They really wanted the gods to give them rain so they went threw their usual cerimony and then had the holly water. another thing is that they do rain dances to get rain.
In the way to rainy mountain i learned how unfair the indians are treated. they had their land taken away and got pushed into little areas. they also had all freedom taken away from them. they were killed if they didn't leave their homes so the whites could have it.
In all the stories it shows how the whites just invade their land. it also shows that we presure our beliefs on them. like in the man to send rain clouds the preist was there because he was suposed to be teaching them christianity.
i learned that if people believe in something they will do whatever it takes to show it. the indians belive in shiwana and practice it all the time and have dances and chant. the settlers took over their land and started to push christianity on them. the pilgrams believed in their religion and wanted to practice it freely so bad that they made the long dangorus jerny to the US so they could.
I learned that the indians are smart and nice people. they are smart because they could grow their own crops. and they are nice because in the plymouth plantation they were nice to the pilgrams and helped them grow food. then they had thanksgiving
In the way to rainy mountain i learned how unfair the indians are treated. they had their land taken away and got pushed into little areas. they also had all freedom taken away from them. they were killed if they didn't leave their homes so the whites could have it.
In all the stories it shows how the whites just invade their land. it also shows that we presure our beliefs on them. like in the man to send rain clouds the preist was there because he was suposed to be teaching them christianity.
i learned that if people believe in something they will do whatever it takes to show it. the indians belive in shiwana and practice it all the time and have dances and chant. the settlers took over their land and started to push christianity on them. the pilgrams believed in their religion and wanted to practice it freely so bad that they made the long dangorus jerny to the US so they could.
I learned that the indians are smart and nice people. they are smart because they could grow their own crops. and they are nice because in the plymouth plantation they were nice to the pilgrams and helped them grow food. then they had thanksgiving
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