Romantic
Name 3 characteristics of romanticism
ex. imagination, emotions, spirituality, nature, quest for knowledge, isolation, melancholy, challenges societal structures
Name 3 characteristics of gothic literature
ex. supernatural, pathetic falacy, desolation and decay, imagination, nature as escape, failure of humans to overcome flaws
Mary Shelley's parents
Who are Mary Wollstonecraft and James Godwin?
The original subtitle of Frankenstein
What is The Modern Prometheus?
A Romantic poet who wrote "Mutability"
Who is Percy Shelley?
3 periods that led to the emergence of the Romantics
What is the French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Age of Enlightenment?
This literary device occurs when weather reflects the mood of a scene, such as storms during moments of terror.
What is pathetic fallacy?
The year Frankenstein was published
What is 1818?
The king of the gods that punished Prometheus
Who is Zeus?
The revolution that introduced steam power and industrialization, leading Romantics to worry about the destruction of nature.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The Father of Romanticism
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
This concept describes overwhelming feelings of awe, terror, and beauty in nature.
What is the Sublime?
The number of pregnancies Mary Shelley had
What is 5?
The part of Prometheus' body the eagle ate from everyday
What is his liver?
A literary figure often described as brooding, rebellious, and melancholic.
What is a Byronic hero?
3 names and types of Romantics discussed in class
William Wordsworth - light, airy, childlike
Lord Gordon Byron - Political/rebellious
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Dark and gloomy
Flaw, meaning excessive pride or ambition, often leads to a tragic downfall in Gothic stories
What is Hubris?
The type of political philosopher James Godwin was
What is utilitarian?
Character from Shelley's novel who most closely mirrors Prometheus
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley originally published Frankenstein this way in 1818
What is anonymously?
This enlightenment philosopher famously said "I think therefore I am," a mindset Romantics reacted against/
Rene Descates
A literary term describing horrible or disturbing themes involving death or violence.
What is the macabre?
The lake near Byron's villa where Shelley began writing Frankenstein.
What is Lake Geneva?
Name 3 romantic's and their perspectives on Prometheus
Byron - Prometheus is a rebellious hero
Percy - Prometheus is a tragic hero type
Mary - Prometheus is a cautionary tale on unchecked ambition
This animal was famously kept by Lord Byron at university after dogs were banned.
What is a bear?