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61 Cards in this Set
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"To My Dear and Loving Husband"
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-Anne Bradstreet
-women writing to beloved husband -love is valued; nothing compares -theme: love eternal -could never repay her love |
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"Huswifery"
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-Edward Taylor
-compares making clothes to soul -speaking to God -wants to change how others view her -uses Bible guide -theme: only God can shape you; we are the housework and God is the maid |
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'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
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-Jonathan Edwards
-God is mad at sinners -must embrace God- only way to be saved -brutal- negative way of seeing religion -scaring people into loving God and avoiding damnation |
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Phyllis Wheatley
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-female African slave known for poetic gift
-brought from West Africa to Boston where she was purchased -owners realized her talents and taught her to avidly read and write -published first poem when thirteen -very admired and successful |
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"On Being Brought From Africa to America"
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-Phyllis Wheatley
-glad she came to America because she found Christianity |
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"To His Excellency, General Washington"
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-Phyllis Wheatley
-praises President George Washington -America is the land of the free under control of the hero of the revolution, George Washington |
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"Speech in the Virginia Convention"
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-Patrick Henry
-passion -patriotism -rhetoric -literary devices inspired nation to break away from Great Britain -can't compromise with Great Britain- too late -compares colonists to slavery -sincere and personal |
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"The Crisis Number 1"
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-Thomas Paine
-rhetoric -patriotism -appeals to lack of control people had -theme: God has a plan and will help the colonists gain their independence -angry at loyalists and Great Britain |
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Benjamin Franklin
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1) No one is perfect
2) Government is made out of people 3) No government can be perfect 4) Pass the Constitution |
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"Speech in the Convention"
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-Benjamin Franklin
-hope for future -suppresses opinion about "public good" so the public can form their own opinions -want people to make America as good as it can be on their own -acknowledges faults because they need to be improved |
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"Letter to Her Daughter from the New White House"
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-Abigail Adams
-complaining about living in White House -grateful but unsatisfied -people are used to certain standards of living and are not satisfied unless they are met |
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"The Devil and Tom Walker"
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-Washington Irving
-Faustian Bargain -people have changing values -willing to sell their soul for different things |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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-transcendentalist
-"Self-Reliance" From "Nature" |
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"Self-Reliance"
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-Ralph Waldo Emerson
-speak how you feel and think for yourself -envy is ignorance -imitation is suicide -trust self even though society teaches you not to -listen to own opinion instead of others -killing yourself by not being yourself -if you don't speak your thoughts someone else will get credit for them -look at the world through young eyes- "infancy conforms to nobody" -society vs. man- "society everywhere is in conspiracy against manhood" -people are materialistic and are never happy |
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From "Nature"
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-Ralph Waldo Emerson
-nature is humbling- trees don't judge -puts things in perspective- not all about you -people need to stop comparing selves to society -personifies nature -oversoul- harmony between man and nature |
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Henry David Thoreau
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-transcendentalist
-"Walden" -"Civil Disobedience" |
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"Walden"
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-Henry David Thoreau
-importance of self-reliance -appreciation of nature -value simplicity -illusion of progress- all equal in nature (trees don't have social statuses) |
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"Civil Disobedience"
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-Henry David Thoreau
-don't rely on society- be self reliant -change society/government if not happy with it -don't accept low quality of life- change it |
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Edgar Allan Poe
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-gothic
-"The Black Cat" -"The Raven" -"The Fall of the House of Usher" |
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"The Black Cat"
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-Edgar Allan Poe
-safety of home isn't real- violence and substance abuse -people change and transform, sometimes for the worst |
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"The Raven"
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-Edgar Allan Poe
-insanity- people obsess and can't get over it -confinement leads to insanity and death -life is bad -undying devotion -dying to forget and dying to remember |
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"The Fall of the House of Usher"
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-Edgar Allan Poe
-solitude leads to insanity -life is dark and fear is worse than what is feared -madness and identity issues: Madeline and Rodrick are split people- she has mental health and he has physical health- can't live without one of them so they can't live without each other |
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Emily Dickinson
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-transcendentalist
-"Because I Could Not Stop for Death" -"I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died" -"There's a Certain Slant of Light" -"The Brain is Wider than the Sky" -"My Life Closed Twice Before its Close" -"The Soul Selects Her Own Society" -"Water is Taught by Thirst" |
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"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
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-Emily Dickinson
-death is "kindly" unlike usual Grim Reaper -life flashing before eyes- passed school, field, and setting sun- stages of life -setting sun is beautiful but is bringing darkness -theme: death is peaceful and shouldn't be feared |
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"I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died"
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-Emily Dickinson
-ready to die -last thing she sees is a fly- miniscule like life -people don't focus on details when living -theme: mortality- death changes perspective- not painful or scary |
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"There's a Certain Slant of Light"
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-Emily Dickinson
-things that should bring speaker joy and happiness don't -pain of speaker comes from somewhere close to heart- "an imperial affliction" |
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"The Brain is Wider Than the Sky"
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-Emily Dickinson
-only thing greater than human mind is God -humans can't understand God but God can understand humans -uses physical to describe abstract ideas |
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"My Life Closed Twice Before its Close"
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-Emily Dickinson
life is more painful than peaceful -had two tragedies kill her before she died- dimmed her spirit/part of her died -when someone close dies even if they go to Heaven it feels like Hell to their loved ones |
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"The Soul Selects Her Own Society"
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-Emily Dickinson
-soul isolates self after finding soulmate -everyone else becomes irrelevant -becoming closed off to outside world |
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"Water is Taught by Thirst"
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-Emily Dickinson
-people don't appreciate things until they are gone or they need them |
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Walt Whitman
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-humanist
-transcendentalist -realist -"Leaves of Grass" -"Song of Myself" -"When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" |
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"Leaves of Grass"
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-Walt Whitman
-America is the best!!!! -America accepts past- grows and learns from it (slavery) -continues to expand- never running of room -open mind, open space -Americans can overcome challenges- rough and rugged (cowboy) |
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"Song of Myself" (Actual "Song of Myself" Poem)
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-Walt Whitman
-everyone should celebrate themselves -everyone is made of the same stuff -narrator is looking forward to rest of life -wants every experience, good and bad -reality shouldn't be watered down -don't be passive -work hard, play hard |
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"When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"
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-Walt Whitman
-best way to learn is own experiences, not sitting in classrooms or hearing about experiences of others |
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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-romanticism
-fireside poet -"A Psalm of Life" -"The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" |
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"A Psalm of Life"
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-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
-life is "real" and "earnest" and should be celebrated -live in the movement -live well before time runs out -be a hero in the fight of life -don't trust future or dwell on past- live in present |
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"The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls"
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-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
-life ends and you are soon forgotten -life is dark- after you die everything is the same -outlook on life changed after death of wife |
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William Cullen Bryant
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-romanticism
-fireside poet -"Thanatopsis" |
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"Thanatopsis"- vision of death
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-William Cullen Bryant
-people are all equal when dead and in nature -nature doesn't judge -people come and go but nature is always there |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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-romanticism
-fireside poet "Old Ironsides" |
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"Old Ironsides"
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-Oliver Wendell Holmes
-patriotism- save U.S.S. Constitution- ship that helped win American Revolution -used rhetoric/appeals successful |
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James Russell Lowell
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-romanticism
-fireside poet -"The First Snowfall" |
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"The First Snowfall"
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-James Russell Lowell
-death is sad and painful -happiness and life still go on- sister died but had another daughter after |
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John Greenleaf Whittier
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-romanticism
-fireside poet -From "Snowbound"- "A Winter Idyll" |
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From "Snowbound"- "A Winter Idyll"
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-John Greenleaf Whittier
-family is snowed in -people enjoyed storytelling as a family past time- bonding experience |
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Arthur Miller
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-The Crucible
-accused by Joseph McCarthy of being a Communist during the "Red Scare" |
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The Crucible
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-Arthur Miller
-Communism- people blamed for things they didn't do and others made up stories to get them in trouble -Joe McCarthy; "Are You Now or Were You Ever?" -lies, reputation, good vs. evil, forgiveness, supernatural, justice, jealousy, religion, compassion, deceit, respect |
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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-The Scarlet Letter
-Puritan literature |
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The Scarlet Letter
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-Nathaniel Hawthorne
-frame narrative: someone in story is telling story -reputation, jealousy, guilt, revenge, trust, internal conflict, self-acceptance, sin, redemption, trust, loyalty, hypocrisy, mortality, religion, perseverance, exclusion, Puritan life |
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Reputation in The Scarlet Letter
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-Dimmesdale becomes a better preacher
-Hester is unliked but gains respect -Pearl is like the devil |
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Social hierarchy in The Scarlet Letter
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-people act as they are told
-need a good reputation to fit in -more trust=better reputation -sometimes reputations change |
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Revenge in The Scarlet Letter
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-Chillingworth on Hester and Dimmesdale
-Pearl on Hester- Puritan town feels threatened by Pearl's demonic way s and town wants to preserve their reputation- Pearl is horrible to live with and punishes Hester everyday |
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The prison door in The Scarlet Letter
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-strong, heavy, unwelcoming, intimidating, no escape, sharp, fear, pain, antique, dangerous
-meaning: no mercy, unforgiving, injustice, in Puritan culture, suffocating, immoral |
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The rosebush in The Scarlet Letter
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-survived (fragile), hard to be moral
-inside is pretty but outside is thorns- represents Hester |
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The scaffold in The Scarlet Letter
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-self-inflicted pain, humiliation, projection
-ironic that it's above society |
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Pearl as a symbol in The Scarlet Letter
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-sin
-living version of the scarlet letter -punishes Hester because she's a "demon child" -only thing that Hester has -redemption |
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Yusef Komunyakaa
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-"Believing in Iron"
-"Camouflaging the Chimera" |
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"Believing in Iron"
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-Yusef Komunyakaa
-people believe in things that hurt them |
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"Camouflaging the Chimera"
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-Yusef Komunyakaa
-war devastates the soldiers- they become monsters they are hiding and become one with their environment -dehumanization: war makes one lose self |
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The Great Gatsby
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-F. Scott Fitzgerald
-rich people are corrupt -many people are ungrateful -green light=hope -only fools fall in love -women are objects -American Dream leads to downfall- about material objects instead of independence -constant judgement no matter what -loyalty doesn't exist -lies and deceit to those who don't deserve it |
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The Catcher in the Rye
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-J.D. Salinger
-can't stop people from losing their innocence -adults are phonies- growing up is hard -some vanishings are temporary- ducks in pond -people handle tragedy differently -"Civil Disobedience"- change life if unhappy -good things can come after tragedy -life is short but death is permanent -people may say you're crazy for having own opinion- do what you want and say what you feel anyway if it makes you happy |
