Romanticism
Romantics reaction to technology
What is mistrust and suspicion of technology and machines?
Who agitates the wedding guest?
Who is the mariner?
The mariner agitates the wedding guest when he tells the wedding guest a story distracting him from the wedding.
"And every soul, it passed me by, / Like the whiz of my cross-bow!" Describe the significance of this simile.
The simile describes how fast the souls of sailors left their bodies. It is comparing the speed of the escaping of their souls to how quickly the arrow moved when he shot the crossbow.
The correlation between Victor Frankenstein and a tragic hero
What is Victors flaw of selfishness that ultimately leads him to he isolation from society’s s eventual downfall
Define Romanticism.
Romanticism refers to a movement in art, literature, and music during the 19th century.
Why were the sailors angry with the Mariner?
What is the sailors believed that when the Marnier killed the albatross it caused breezes to blow the ship?
Why did the wedding guest say "I fear thee, Ancient Mariner!"?
The wedding guest was scared that the mariner was also dead like the rest of the sailors in the story.
Romantic ideas shown by Victor Frankenstein
What is Victor represents that romantic ideal of imagination and innovation.
Change in mindset from enlightenment to romanticism.
What is romantics' stress emotions and powerful feelings as more valuable than logic and reason?
How did the sailors suffer during the voyage?
What is during the voyage there were no winds to push the sails and the sailors became extremely dehydrated while they were trapped?
What is the ancient mariner describing when he says "I have strange power of speech; / That moment that his face I see, / I know the man that must hear me: / To him my tale I teach."
The Marnier is describing his longing to tell his story. Additionally, he emphasizes once he sees a person that needs to know his story he MUST tell it to him.
Romantic ideas present in Robert Walton
What is he searches for an understanding of the unknown, he is unique and he expresses personal emotion and feels things deeply
The romantic view of nature and God
What is romantics believed that God existed in everything in nature and in human beings as well?
What does the Albatross symbolize
The living albatross is a symbol of God's creation and innocence. The dead albatross is a symbol of sin.
Why does the mariner feel "As if through a dungeon grate he peered." When he sees the approaching ship?
The Mariner realizes that the ship has sails with cobwebs and is not the help they were looking for.
The correlation between the creature and a romantic hero
What is the creature is a romantic hero because of the terrible rejection from society he has to bear
The five I's that help define Romanticism
What is Imagination, Intuition, Idealism, Inspiration, and Individuality
What happened right before the sailors died?
What is the sailors looked at the Mariner and cursed him with their eyes?
What does the Mariner mean when he says "He prayeth well, who loveth well / Both man and bird and beast."
The Marnier is saying that a person rows closer to god by respecting all things.
The role nature plays in Frankenstein
What is the feelings of the characters in Frankenstein often copy the state of nature around them