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24 Cards in this Set
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What is the theme of Self-Reliance?
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Individualism, egalitarianism, and optimism
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What is the theme of Concord Hymn?
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A monument in honor the brave men who fought in the Battle of Lexington of the Revolutionary War.
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What is the theme of Give All to Love?
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Love without restraint to the one your with and transcendental.
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What is the theme of Young Goodman Brown?
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The Weakness of Public Morality, the Inevitable Loss of Innocence, and The Fear of the Wilderness.
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What is the theme of Bartleby, the Scrivener?
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Race, Charity and Selfishness
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What is the theme of Civil Disobedience?
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Men should rely on their own perspective and not let the government "govern" their conscience.
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What is the theme of A Psalm of Life?
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Seize the day - Don't worry about the past or the future, take advantage of the present and live your life
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What is the theme of The Jewish Cemetery at Newport?
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Romanticism
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What is the theme of Barbara Frietchie?
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Defending the American Way
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What is the theme of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
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The Evil of Slavery, The Incompatibility of Slavery & Christian Values, and The Moral Power of Women
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What is the theme of The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass?
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Knowledge as The Path to Freedom, Ignorance as a Tool of Slavery, Slavery's Damaging Effect on Slaveholders, and Slave-holding as a Perversion of Christianity.
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What is the theme of What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
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The Hypocrisy of Slavery and Racism in a Growing Republic
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What is the theme of Preface to the 1855 Edition of Leaves of Grass?
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The Vitality and Diversity of Americans
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What is the theme of Song of Myself?
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Democracy as a Way of Life, The Cycle of Growth and Death, and the Beauty of the Individual
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What are the themes of Emily Dickinson's poems?
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The Individual's Struggle with God, the Assertion of the Self, The Power of Words and Poetry, and Nature as a "Haunted House"
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What is the theme of The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County?
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Deception and the Grey Area between Cunningness, Deceit, and almost the good/bad sides of Cleverness.
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What is the theme of A New England Nun?
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Choices and Consequences; Courage and Cowardice, and the Idea of Freedom and Autonomy
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What is the theme of The Goophered Grapevine?
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Racial themes and Greed leads to Ruination. Also the harsh realities of slave life
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What is the theme of Editha?
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Patriotism
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What is the theme of The Yellow Wall-Paper?
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The Subordination of Women in Marriage, The Importance of Self-Expression, and The Evils of the "Resting Cure"
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What are the themes of Stephen Crane's poems?
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Extreme experiences that are confronted by ordinary people. Touching the mysterious edges of the character's capacities for perception, action, and understanding.
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What is the theme of The Open Boat?
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Struggle for Communication while being buffeted by tumultuous forces.
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What is the theme of The Other Two?
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Isolation Vs. Community
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What is the theme of The Lost Phoebe?
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Brotherhood
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