The Basics
Dark Romantics
"Devil and Tom Walker"
"Minister's Black Veil"
100
When did the Romantic Period start and end?
What is 1800-1860 or 1820-1860?
100
Dark Romanticism sprang up in this time 20-year time period.
What is 1840-1860.
100
Where and when does this story take place?
What is Boston area, 1720s.
100
This story is a parable, meaning this.
What is, it focuses on moral themes and is meant to teach a lesson.
200
What are the two sub-genres of the Romantic era?
What are Dark Romanticism and Transcendentalism?
200
Dark Romanticism is characterized by these elements.
What are creepy symbols, horrific themes, psychological effects of guilt and sin?
200
Tom Walker and his wife have this type of relationship.
What is nasty/antagonistic? (He is crafty and lazy, she is fierce, nagging.)
200
No one will ask Mr. Hooper why he is wearing the veil because of this.
What is: he refuses to take it off, and they are afraid of what he answer might be?
300
What are the five characteristics of Romanticism?
What are: imagination and escapism, individuality, finding spirituality in nature, looking to the past for wisdom, finding a hero in the common person
300
This is an example of a creepy symbol from the Dark Romantic period.
Answers will vary: Edgar Allan Poe's Masque of the Red Death; Minister's Black veil
300
Evil is represented in this isolated setting where Tom meets the devil.
What is the woods/forest?
300
How does the veil affect Mr. Hooper's ability to carry out his job?
What is: he becomes more efficient? (He is able to tend his congregation with more care, and his actions take on greater significance.)
400
Dark romantic literature often focuses on this cause of psychological distress.
What is sin and guilt?
400
What are some adjectives that describe the psychological effects of guilt and sin in Dark Romantic literature? (from worksheet)
What is: grotesque, fantastic, morbid?
400
This is what happens to Tom's money at the end of the story.
What is it burns into cinders and ashes?
400
Mr. Hooper's veil symbolizes this Dark Romantic theme. (Hint: 2 things)
What is sin and guilt?
500
American Romantics rejected rationalism in favor of these concepts.
What are intuition and imagination?
500
These are 3 of the most famous Dark Romantics (textbook).
Who are Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville and Edgar Allan Poe?
500
Tom dies because he says this.
What is: "The devil take me if I have made a farthing!" (Farthing is a type of coin, indicating money.)
500
Mr. Hooper suggests that everyone wears a veil, meaning this.
What is everyone has secret sin and is concealing their shame?
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