1. Happy Friday! You will need: Your Romanticism /Realism handout
Your Transitions handout
Your bell ringer from yesterday
Your vocabulary packet
An organizer from the stool
Your copy of “Thanatopsis”

2. Make a conjecture as to the identities of these two men

3. Based on your reading of W. C
Based on your reading of W. C. Bryant’s “Thanatopsis” and your viewing of Thomas Cole’s paintings, defend, challenge, or qualify Bryant as Cole’s influence as evidenced by the tone these works take toward a universal idea.

4. Kindred Spirits—Asher Durand

5. Art Gallery Viewing(1:30)
Group # _____ : ____________________________
Which painting best characterizes the section of the poem your group discussed? {Be sure to name the section, painting, and artist in all answers}
Characterize all other sections of the poem by one visual representation of Cole per section.
How is at least one Romantic idea most prominently represented by your visual choices for each section?
Choose two of the paintings to juxtapose. Why would you juxtapose these two paintings to characterize the shift in tone of “Thanatopsis”?
Questions our group still has:

6. Gallery 1

7. Gallery 1

8. Gallery 2

9. Gallery 2

10. Gallery 3

11. Gallery 4

12. Gallery 4

13. Gallery 4

14. Concretes Simile Personification 1. Line/evidence 2. So What?

15. Concretes Diction Syntax 1. Line/evidence 2. So What? 1. Line/evidence

16. Abstract Connections The beauty of universal death
Nature as a supernatural entity
The relationship between nature and the individual
The ideal response to death
TONE Descriptors
Before shift
After shift