1. Tuesday, 2.3 TAKE A SHEET AND COMPLETE THE “UNDERSTAND THE PROMPT” IN 2 MINUTES

2. Understand the Prompt Circle all question words (who, what, where, when, how, why) What three things must you accomplish in your paragraph? 1. explain how Pit and Pendulum is Man vs. Self 2. explain and analyze theme of Man vs. Self 3. explain why Poe used Man vs. Self

3. Main Idea Samples Put a letter grade next to each sample Edgar Allen Poe uses these two Dark Romantic tenets: Man vs. Himself and Man vs. Nature because he wants to show how humans have internal conflicts and how nature affects those conflicts. In Dark Romantic time happy endings become overrated. Edgar Allen Poe is known for being very witty with his concepts of literature. Edgar Allen Poe uses the two Dark Romantic tenets Man vs. Himself and Man vs. Nature to share that the world is dark and evil. Poe uses the two Dark Romantic tenets Man vs. Himself to show physical and mental torment and to stimulate the senses of the reader.

4. We read and we answer EDGAR ALLEN POE SYMBOLIZES DIFFERENT TYPES OF FEAR WITHIN A PERSON BY UTILIZING MAN VS. SELF AND MAN VS. NATURE; HE GUIDES THE READERS’ MINDS TO THESE KINDS OF FEARS.

5. Realism in American Literature 1865-1914

6. The Puritan Era Age of Reason Transcendentalism 1600 - 17501750-18001800-18401840-1855 American Literature Romanticism 1865-1915 Realism 1916-1946 Modernism 1946 – Present Contemporary and Post-Modern Period

7. The Civil War A nation divided Interrupts Transcendentalism Walt Whitman ◦Transition writer: late Transcendental poet, early Realist ◦Leaves of Grass ◦“O Captain, My Captain”

8. Historical Context Population of the United States is growing rapidly. (1865 -1915) Science, industry and transportation are expanding. Literature also was growing, but most new writers were not Romantics or Transcendentalists. They are Realists. The “Frontier” did not exist as before; its legacy changed and impacted Realists in its new form. The aftermath of the Civil War meant that Americans were less certain and optimistic about the future. The idealism of the Romantics and philosophy of Transcendentalists seemed out of date and irrelevant to many readers.

9. Realism Tenets The purpose of the writing is “to instruct and entertain” Character is more important than plot. Subject matter is drawn from real life experience. The realists reject symbolism and romanticizing of subjects. S ettings are usually those familiar to the author. P lots emphasized “the norm of daily experience” O rdinary characters Nature again ◦Y◦Yes, its beauty, but also its hardship and how it wears the human spirit down

10. More Tenets (and Ideologies) God Government Education Man’s Purpose in Life American Dream Evidence of Influence

11. Some Writers from Realism Stephen Crane ◦The Red Badge of Courage Jack London ◦The Call of the Wild Kate Chopin! ◦Story of an Hour Upton Sinclair ◦The Jungle Mark Twain ◦The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ◦The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn