Something that stands for something else and is culturally agreed upon
What is a symbol
100
What is the setting?
A) the Midwest Frontier
B) New Orleans
C) a forest near Boston
D) a pond in Main
What is a forest near Boston
100
According to Emerson, how do we feel after we have worked hard for a goal?
A) angry and cheated
B)relieved and happy
C) anooyed and tired
D) despairing and gloomy
What is relieved and happy
100
sad and gloomy
What is melancholy?
100
a synonym for conviction
What is belief
200
In literature, when something goes beyond the literal meaning of the story it is called
What is symbolic meaning
200
What is the setting a mood?
A) fear
B) optimism
C) anger
D) hope
What is Fear
200
According to Emerson, a fully realized person
A) fits in with others
B) achieves theor potential
C) follows their own conscience
D) stays pure and wise in spirit
What is follows their own conscience
200
incapable of being captured or entered by force
What is impregnable?
200
synonym for integrity
What is honesty
300
The word describes a story that suggests the same meaning to all people; it's told over and over
What is archetype
300
This person was fierce, shrew, always nagging, and yelling
Who is Tom Walker's Wife
300
Emerson uses a type of device that's not suppose to be taken literally. What type of literary deivice is this?
What is figure of speech?
300
not flowing or moving
What is stagnant?
300
synonym for manifest
What is plain; clear
400
True or False:
American Romantics thought that cities were corruption and ugliness.
What is True
400
who is stingy and cruel but courageous?
Who is Tom Walker?
400
Emerson's philosophy is:
A) be true to yourself
B) Misery loves company
What is be true to yourself
400
uncertain
What is precarious?
400
antonym for imparted
What is concealed
500
The Dark Romantics explored...
sin, guilt, and conflict between good and evil
500
What happens to Tam Walker's money at the end of the story?
It turns into cinders and ashes.
500
Emerson makes a comparison between the kernel of corn and human effort. What is his point?
You must work hard to grow corn just as you must work hard to acheive your potential.