Figures of The Age of Enlightenment
Name a figure from the Age of Enlightenment
Benjamin Franklin, Voltaire, John Locke, etc.
What is another name for the Age of Enlightenment?
The Age of Reason
Name one of the 5 Characteristics of Romanticism.
individualism, an emphasis on nature, emotion over reason, etc.
When was SL written?
1850 (After the Age of Enlightenment)
Which character in The Scarlet Letter wants revenge?
Chillingworth
What was Benjamin Franklin known for?
A founding father
What did works during the Age of Enlightenment emphasize?
The importance of tolerance, religious tolerance
When was Romanticism used?
Early 18th and Mid 19th Centuries
What are examples of pre-Enlightenment ideas in Scarlet Letter?
Religious intolerance and public punishment on the basis of sin.
Which character struggled more with guilt and temptation?
Dimmesdale
What were Enlightenment figures mostly made of?
Philosophers
What art movement did the Age of Enlightenment create?
Neoclassicism
Individualism is ?
Romantic obsession with the individual self
What time period is The Scarlet Letter set in?
The 16th Century (Before the Age of Enlightenment).
What is the connection between Nathaniel Hawthorne and Romanticism?
Hawthorne used emotion over reason
What other writers were the philosophers of France?
Montesquieu
What were the main traits of the Age of Enlightenment?
Encouraged reason over superstition, science over blind faith, etc.
Temptation is what characteristic?
Emotion Over Reason
What were traits of some societies before the Age of Enlightenment?
Religious intolerance, shaming based on sin, religion as law.
What characteristic did Hester portray more?
Individualism
What is an example of one of Voltaire's works?
"Orphan of China"
What were the effects of the Age of Enlightenment?
Brought political modernization to the west, created liberal democracies, etc.
What did romanticism focus on?
Romanticism also focused on the darker ideas of literature.
How does the difference between when SL was written and when its set affect the story?
It allows Hawthorne to critique intolerance and the Puritans.
Fill in the blank. Hawthorne created a connection mostly through ____ and _____
Emotion over reason , Gothicism