Unit 5 Romaticism and Transcendentalism

1. What i think this unit will be addressing would probably be the three main themes of Romanticism. I also think this unit would go over the meaning of theme, how would you find it if you was looking for it and would you know what it meant if you saw it. The meaning of theme to me is a thought or idea the author presents to the reader that may be deep, difficult to understand, or even moralistic. Generally, a theme has to be extracted as the reader explores the passages of a work.

2. In RipVanWrinkle i think a romanticism part was when they said "Everychange of season, every change of weather, indeed every hour of the day,produces some change in the magical hues and shapes of these mountains,and they are regarded by all the good wives, far and near, as perfect barometers. When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their bold outlines on the clear evening sky". In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow i think the romanticism part in this story was 

3. The way this poem illustrate all three of the main themes of Romanticism is by talking about Nature like when it said something about when nature was talking to man instead of man to man, it also talked about People when it stated thou shalt not lie down with patriarchs of the infant world meaning no matter if your a king or a relguar person when you die your going to die the same way no matter if your worth more or better than some one else.Then they state Imagination which it states all that treads the globe are but a handfuk to the tribes that slumber in its bosom.

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1. An Original sin is known as total depravity

2. Puritans felt that Their doctrines stressed original sin-that all people are sinners (for Adam sinned), but that God,in his infinite mercy, has chosen to save a few

3.  The way rationalist and puritans differed was that Puritans believed God was actively involved in his creations of lives and in complete control and the Rationalist believed God created earth and then retreated and let his creations control themselves as if they were their own devices.

4. The three main themes of romanticism is imagination, nature, and promotion of common people

5. In the story "From Nature" By:Ralph Waldo Emerson" its basically talking about nature how nature is making things into real life imageries . Its showig how nature makes the world, like when it states how "The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; and The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. In the story from "from Self Reliance" this story is stating the intellegence of the mind a man and howwithout intellegence things wouldnt work and would be misunderstood and things wouldnt work.

6. In the first story its a good example of Transcendentalism because its stating how people get intouch with there surroundings and how there surroundings help them connect more with god. The second story is a good example of Transcendentalism because its stating how people use there mind to connect with god.

7. In the the Wilderness" was about a man that was living off of nature and serviving off of fish log cabins. This video relates to Transcendentalism very very well because he was using nature/surroundings to connect with himself and he used his mind to communicate with imself tomake it threw without material things like what we rely on today.
Closing: In this unit it was basically talking about what i thought it would be talking about from question one stating the three themes of romantisism. I think i did a pretty good on this unit because i answered the questions that was asked the very best way i could.