Romanticism & Gothic
Who wrote Tell Tale Heart?
Edgar Allan Poe
Give an example of an oxymoron
Bittersweet
Who is Rosaline?
What is Scout's official name? (full name)
Jean Louise Finch
What is the name of the farm the animals are on
What are two values of the Romanticism Era?
Valued nature, the sublime, subjective truth, emotion, transcendence of nature
What are 3 persuasive language devices
Rhetoric
High modality
Hypophora
Anaphora
Exclamatory sentences
What are two themes that Shakespeare explores in Romeo and Juliet
Fate
The power of love
Hatred / vengeance
What is the purpose of a naive narrator?
To reveal injustices and hypocrisies in society innocently - in a way that dismantles defensiveness
What is the difference between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie
Proletariat = working class
Bourgeoisie = upper class
What decade did the Romanticism era begin?
give/take 20 years
1770
What is epiphora? Give an example
When consecutive sentences end with the same phrase
Name 3 Montagues and 3 Capulets
Montagues: Romeo, Lord Montague, Lady Montague, Benvolio, Balthasar, Abram.
Capulets: Juliet, Lord Capulet, Lady Capulet, Tybalt, Nurse, Paris (aligned)
What was the Scottsboro Trial? What happened?
The Scottsboro Trial involved nine Black teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. Despite weak evidence, all but one were convicted by all-white juries.
What does Molly the horse do and what does she represent?
Represents female upper class - she hides ribbons under her pillow and ends up running to the humans, wanting them to pet her
I wandered lonely as a cloud
Ozymandias
London
Ode to Autumn
What does iambic pentameter mean and what is one effect of it?
Unstressed, stressed meter 5 feet
Conversational
Heartbeat
How many people die in Romeo and Juliet and how?
What is the Jim Crow laws? And how was this seen in the book?
The Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation in the Southern U.S. (1877–1960s). In To Kill a Mockingbird, their impact is shown through systemic racism, such as Tom Robinson's unjust trial, where Black people are denied fair treatment and equality.
Who founded Marxism and what are TWO things he sought?
Karl Marx - German philosopher/economist - founder of 'marxism'
Sought the end to capitalism
End to private property
More leisure time
What is female Gothicism, and give me two ways that it differed from the gothic genre?
It challenged the damsel in distress notion
The 'scary' is the injustices against women - childbirth, marriage oppression
What are 3 features of a Shakespearean sonnet
In what era was Romeo and Juliet written and how did this impact the play? (give three examples)
was written in the Elizabethan era (1590s). This influenced the play through:
What is a White Saviour, and how does this relate to TKAM?
When a white character rescues or helps people of colour - often in a way that centres their own heroism while ignoring systemic issues
Atticus Finch is a white saviour in how they represent Tom as incapable and in needing of saving.
Who do Napolean and Snowball represent & How did Napolean win against Snowball? Identify 2 tactics.
Secret service (dogs)
Propaganda (squealer)