Midterm Review
The Rules: Decide an order to go in Keep hands behind your back while I read the question The first to hit the stapler answers If they get it right: They throw from the 1, 2, or 3 point line If they get it Wrong: The other person gets a chance to answer If Person 2 is wrong: Both teams consult each other, and the round starts again
what did the Puritans originally want their community to be? “A city on a hill”, a guide to others
What movement does Sir Walter Scott Represent? The Romantics
Who is Mrs. Peters? Sheriff’s wife from story “Jury of Her Peers” Eventually helps out.
Name 2 qualities that make a Great man, according to Emerson. Nonconformist, misunderstood, hard- worker, etc.
What Motivated Rev. Parris? What did he want? Power and $
How did Jonathan Edwards Motivate his Audience? What was his message? FEAR! we are terrible sinners and deserve to go to hell. Only by God’s grace are we saved.
What does Light symbolize? Knowledge!
What does Proctor Say causes the trouble in Salem? Vengeance/the children/the girls
Why is Jim mad at Huck for Hiding after the Fog? He was worried about him, it was a mean trick
Name 3 Romantic Tenets Emotion is superior to reason free will is superior to law society corrupts humans are intrinsically good nature is holy
Why did Romanticism die and Realism start? Civil War = People suck Expansion west = Nature can be harsh & Scary
Who did Canute kidnap? Lena
Name 3 Gothic Tenets Decaying structures overgrown vegetation Forlorn characters themes of human depravity undead/spectral
Who’s the Guy who got Pressed to death in The Crucible? Giles Corey
What is the Puritan vs. Romantic View of the Forest? Puritans: Evil, of the devil Romantics: Holy
What is the American Paradox? The idea that we are struggling to choose whether we are intrinsically good and can move beyond our society or totally depraved and remain bound to society.
in “On the Divide” what mood does the weather suggest? Chaotic, cold, desolate, unforgiving, isolating
Name 2 characteristics of Realism Writing Dialect detailed description ethical choices made by characters appearance of being real nitty gritty human experience
What does the yellow wallpaper represent? Corruption! Her sanity, or The Cult of Domesticity
Name 2 lessons Jim teaches HUck Encourages Huck, confidence Superstitions for Survival Common sense Morality Reverence for the Dead Be a decent human
What does Human depravity mean? People suck.
Who wanted to civilize Huck? Widow Douglas
Name 1 writer who used Gothic Tenets Edgar Allen Poe Washington Irving Nathaniel Hawthorne