unit three

Unit Three -- Dark Romanticism and Realism
1. Create a post on your blog titled "Unit Three", and then explain what you believe the below standard means, and then go further by explaining what you think you will need to do to meet this particular standard.





ELAALRL4 The student employs a variety of writing genres to demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of significant ideas in selected literary works. The student composes essays, narratives, poems, or technical documents.The standard to me means that i show different writing to demonstrate how i have understood and grasped the ideas in differently works of literature that i have done in the class. It is also saying that i have written essays, poems, and etc. of the works of literature that u have gave to me.





2. Which side of the divide do you fall? Are you closer to being a Transcendentalist or a Dark Romantic? Explain your answer with a short paragraph.well at the moment i am in between i think that because i do think sometimes like the dark romantic and i think we do sin which is true, but we were not made to sin and do it for fun we have to recognize we sin and ask for forgiveness. That makes me a sorta transcendentalist because i also think we where made by God and our minds is the strongest thing we have. so i couldn't decide i would have to say I'm in between.





3. Read either "The Black Cat" or "Hop-Frog", both by Edgar Allen Poe. As you read, keep the Dark Romantics' beliefs in mind because you will be asked to point out these beliefs in the story later. You can also choose to listen to "The Masque of Red Death" below; if you do, be sure to read the text as you listen:



4. Write a 2-3 paragraph response to the story you read. You should explain what you thought of the story as well as how well it illustrates how the Dark Romantics disagreed with the Transcendantalists. You need to provide at least a line or two of direct textual evidence from the story you chose to prove your claim. I read it before so it was easy for me to understand it. the story was really interesting and it caught my attention because of how Montresor tricked Fortunato into coming with him to the catacombs to drink the really good wine. Montresor is a devious person of how he tricked Fortunato while he was drunk which made the story more engaging and how when he got him to were he wanted to get his revenge by trapping him to die.What relates this to the Dark Romanticism is when Montresor is " The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best i could: but when he ventured upon insult, i vowed revenge." to me that shows exactly what Dark romanticism is about and how it shows it in the story. it shows how the Dark Romantics did not like anything good and only thought about evil things and doings.It also proved that the Dark romantics did not believe in God because of the evil doings they had in mind






6. A symbol is something (usually an object) that stands for a much larger idea. Poems uses symbolism very well in "The Raven". Can you identify it, and then support what you say with some evidence and analysis? I know you can.The symbol that i think he uses well in the story is "Nevermore" that is a very good symbol to me because it is said through out the whole story and it represents that what ever Edgar ask the raven the raven said that its never gonna happen. "tell me truly, I implore -Is there - is there balm in Gilead? - tell me - tell me, I implore!'Quoth the raven, `Nevermore."That was one of the questions that he asked and the raven replied "nevermore".The word represents something much bigger it represents sadness, depression, and lost of hopeness.





7. Check these out. If you are doing what you should, you are addressing all three (and even more) in this unit. Using your word as DIRECT evidence (cut and paste from your own post) tell me how you are meeting these standards.





ELAALRL1 The student demonstrates comprehension by identifying evidence (i.e., examples of diction, imagery, point of view, figurative language, symbolism, plot events and main ideas) in a variety of texts representative of different genres (i.e., poetry, prose [short story, novel, essay, editorial, biography], and drama) and using this evidence as the basis for interpretation.I demonstrate comprehension by providing evidence when I did assignment 6 to show the symbol of a word so I had to provide evidence of it from the poem and I also had to provide a quote. It also shows that i understand the work I'm doing by the evidence i provide.





ELAALRL2 The student identifies, analyzes, and applies knowledge of theme in a work of American literature and provides evidence from the work to support understanding. For this standard i identified.analyze, and apply knowledge of the theme when i did assignment 5 "The raven" in the story i had to show what i recognize about the story and identify what parts of the story struck on me which i did by providing the quotes.





ELAALRL3 The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to their contemporary context or historical background, as well as to works from other time periods. For this standard I deepened the understanding of the literary work when I compared "The Raven" to the Anti-Transcendentalist by saying how they were alike.





8. Read "A Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. You should be able to identify the following in this story:a. details that specifically explain a characters actions, or detailed descriptions of a settingThe story is about Mrs. Mallard and how she felt when her husband died. At first her sister Josephine broke the new to her easily because she had a heart disease and she could die. After hearing the news Mrs. mallard when to her room she felt happy at first in a weird way to enjoy the death of someone she said she felt free. Moments later she started to fell bad because she felt happy about the death of her husband, a little after he sister convinced her to come down stairs and there she saw Mr. Mallard when she saw him she died.b. a social issue that Chopin wants to solve "What could Love,the unsolved mystery,count for in face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being!"Like she is trying to solve the conflict that Mrs. Mallard had in her of being happy about the death and at the same time feeling guilty for the happiness she felt.





9. Read "The Battle with Mr Covey" by Frederick Douglass. Follow the same directions for #



Go further on this one to explain what you think Douglass' purpose was for writing this. Your response should be two paragraphs.a. details that specifically explain a characters actions, or detailed descriptions of a settingWell the story is about Frederick Douglass and the fight he mad with Mr. Covey it started when he was working in the fields he felt week and passed out. After Mr. Covey came looking for him because he heard the fans stop. he beat Frederick until he worked. Frederick was beating so bad he went to his master to complain about how bad he was treated and he explaining the seven miles he had to walk. after he was told to return to Mr. Covey in the bad state he was. When he got back Mr. covey treated him good for one day then the nest day he tried to tie him, but ti didn't go as planned and they started fighting in the end Mr. Covey gave up and said to Frederick "If I wouldn't have resisted he would have whipped me half so much." But Frederick knew that he defeated Mr. Covey and earned his respect.b. a social issue that Chopin wants to solveThe social problem that Frederick wanted to solve was to show how slaves were treated at that time. he did by giving real details and very specific ones of how they were treated by their masters. In one part he showed us of how bad he was beating by Mr. Covey he said that he had busted his head and he was damped in blood from heat to toe. He also said that his shirt was damped and his hair was full of blood and dirt that any one that saw him one feel bad no matter what.





10. Provide a modern example of realism (Boyz in tha Hood, and Menace II Society, for that matter are off-limits). This can be music, a movie, a television show, a book, or whatever you may choose. You need to explain how it is realism, and provide an example from your choice (a lyric, description of a scene, quote, etc.)



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11. The fun part - - -a. Decide what you like best, Dark Romanticism or Realism.I like realism best. I like it because it its based of reality and how life is lived in the real world not on a made up world like the romantics.b. Create a short piece ( a poem or very short story) of whichever you choose.



Juan is a poor farmer in Mexico he lives in a shed with three kids doesn't get paid much from taking care of his boss lives stock. he gets paid about $5 a day which barely get enough food for his family. One day one of his kids died of a disease he could have saved him but he didn't have enough money to pay the hospital. Since that day he decide to try to give his kids a better lives. He made the choice to leave his family behind and start on a journey to the U.S. were dreams come true. On his way there he starved, had much thirst, and almost died. the worst thing that happened to him was getting shot by immigration officers while running across the border he finally reached the U.S. but when he got there he was so sick and wounded that he didn't live much longer and soon died. all the efforts he put in to give his family a better life when in the end it was too much for him and he failed miserably.



c. Explain (with at least a paragraph or two with direct evidence from your own example) how it is a good representation of Dark Romanticism or Realism. Keep in mind that you are proving how your story fits whichever idea you choose, so discussing the idea itself is necessary.
My story is a good representation of realism because it shows how the main character lives. The story explain in deep detail of how Juan's life is and how little he gets paid to support his family. it shows that he gets paid little when it says "He gets paid $5 a day to take of lives stock which barely gets enough food for his family" it also represents realism when it talks about him crossing the border to reach the U.S. and how he had much thirst.starved, and almost died on his way to try to give his family a better life but in the end he failed and didn't reach his goal.



12. Explain (with DIRECT EVIDENCE FROM YOUR OWN WORK) how you have met (or exceeded) at least two of the standards listed below.



ELAALRL1 The student demonstrates comprehension by identifying evidence (i.e., examples of diction, imagery, point of view, figurative language, symbolism, plot events and main ideas) in a variety of texts representative of different genres (i.e., poetry, prose [short story, novel, essay, editorial, biography], and drama) and using this evidence as the basis for interpretation.
I demonstrated this in the 3rd part of assignment 11 when i had to explain how realism is based of the story i wrote which i demonstrated direct evidence by writing quotes from the story.



ELAALRL4 The student employs a variety of writing genres to demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of significant ideas in selected literary works. The student composes essays, narratives, poems, or technical documents.



For this standard i met the requirements by writing my own story in assignment 11 and demonstrating a story based of realism. i also did it for assignment 10 which i also had to write another example of realism which as the standard says i have to demonstrate a comprehensive grasp by doing different types of

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5. When you are through reading, post a 1-2 paragraph response to each piece of writing to your blog. Be sure to concentrate more on what you thought of each piece of writing. Try to include at least one piece of direct evidence with each response (remember standard #1). This should be something that stuck out to you about the particular piece of writing.



"Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson



Well for nature it was a little hard to understand it but what I understood was that the writer was talking about all the special things about nature. The writing was alright and it was interesting but it wasn’t hard for me to understand it because I was really attracted to it.



Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I like this story better because it was shorter. I also liked it because I understood it better and found every thing much easier most of all it was different. The themes in this story were put better into words and were easy to find.



6. Next, write explain how each piece is a good example of Transcendentalism by identifying the central themes I described earlier in the post. Use what you read above, and prove that each piece is a good example with a paragraph supported with direct evidence (one paragraph each)


direct evidence (one paragraph each)

"Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

One of the themes is that god spoke through peoples mind and their hard work, and it says it in the stories. When the men is talking about the farms and how beautiful they are and the hard work the farmers put into there work. It also talks about another theme in which it says that the human mind is one of the most powerful things in the world and that all the mind were connected through "oversoul". It talks about it saying how the men imagined the stars and what would happened to them if they came in a thousand years.

"Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

In this story it brings one of the themes very clear to the reader. It talks bout humans representing the hard work it says that a man is relieved and gay when he puts his heart into his work and he has done his best. Another of the themes represented in the story is that peoples mind is a powerful instrument to the transcendentalist. It explains that when it talks about how all the cultures is different and how humans do their best to make more secure places for each other.

7. How can you apply Transcendental philosophy to the man in this video? I'm sure you could easily spend a couple paragraphs telling me how. I also know it would be easy for you to back up whatever you say with direct evidence from the texts you have already read.

1)What is a theme? Would you know one when you saw it? Could you provide evidence to support what you say? Take a moment to post to your blog what this standard might mean, and while you are at it, what this thing called theme" is.

1) the theme is a main idea or main plot

2) no cause you have to read the story then you might find the theme

3) it means that the students should analyzes and read the story and they should use evidence from the story

2)What about the story did you find particularly Romantic?

1)i think that romantic is something that is not real and its in poems that have lovey-dovey stuff in it. romantic is when the story is about love and how they love there love ones or girlfriends. the story tells how much they love someone and they explain it in the story it is sometimes the theme in the story.

3)How does this poem illustrate all three of the main themes of Romanticism?

1)focus on imagination: his focus was the love of nature evidence . the love of nature holds communion with her visible forms

2)celebration of nature: he was telling people that nature is teaching and helping people that is scared of death. earth, that nourished thee, shall claim thy growth, to be resolved to earth again.

3)promotion of common people:when you die you will be like the famous people because we are all the same. thou shalt lie down with patniarchs of the infant world -- with kings, the powerful of the earth -- the wise, the good, fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, all in one mighty sepulchre.

1)As specifically as possible, please explain how you have addressed the above standards.

1)evidence:

2)theme: was love and i use stuff from the poem like the love of nature evidence

3)connections:

doug

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Will Smith stars as a teenager from inner city Philadelphia who's sent

to California to live with his wealthy relatives in the hopes that they

will straighten him out and teach him some good old-fashioned values,

but Will soon takes his rightful place as The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. The

reason I say they should put The Fresh Prince of Bel Air should be back

on TV because it is a very funny series. They are all good actors on

The Fresh Prince of Bel Air there is no bad words and no violence.

So kids are able to watch the show.

I think The Fresh Prince of Bel Air is good for kids because it help them

think outside the box. This is an example Will Smith went back to his

home town and all most got into a fight but he walked away instead of

fighting and he is trying to show that you don’t have to fight to prove

anything to anyone. Will is all about the youth he helps who ever he

can if they want his help. On one series Will had his family go to a

community that needs help on the building and they gave food to the

people that wanted the food. He is a smart young man that started the

show but at the end he came out a man from the help of the cast

members and from his family. He had good cast member that was

behind him 100% and that is good to have people u don’t know help

you and believe in you. They took a low amount of money and they did

from the soul they seen that Will Smith have good things going for his

self and others. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is definitely the best show ever. It is

hard to laugh at nearly every joke, but they make it possible in this. Every

character is awesome. This started Will Smith and I am proud to say that this

was good. The storylines in this are excellent. Every character is well developed.

James Avery and the two Vivians are really good as the parents. They convinced

me perfectly. Alfonso Ribeiro is perfect as the dorky cousin of Will and he

convinced me very much. Karyn Parsons is good as the snobby cousin and she

definitely did well. Tatyana Ali is good as Ashley and her character developed for

the better over the time. Joseph Marcell is perfect as the butler Geoffrey and he

made me laugh every time he said something funny. Ross Bagley is did well as

little Nicky and he was cool. Will Smith is the main character and he is a

good actor. And last, but definitely not least, is Will Smith. He convinced me

very much as the hood who changes when he moves in with his rich family and I

loved his character the most. Will Smith made a lot of movies after the series like

independence day, I robot, and I am legend that is some of the movies. He is one

of the best actors I know he is very funny he plays his part real good in ever

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5 terms

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is a sermon written by American theologian Jonathan Edwards, preached on July 8, 1741 in Enfield, Connecticut.





Deism is a religious and philosophical belief that a supreme being created the universe, and that this (and religious truth in general) can be determined using reason and observation of the natural world alone, without a need for either faith or organized religion.





Rationalism is the belief that the world we live in can be understood by the use of reason.





The Puritans were a widespread and diverse group of people who took a stand for religious purity in 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries in Europe.



The Declaration of Independence (Irish: Forógra na Saoirse, French: Déclaration d'Indépendance) was a document adopted by Dáil Éireann, the revolutionary parliament of the self-proclaimed Irish Republic, at its first meeting in the Mansion House, Dublin, on 21 January 1919.

The Rationalist’s and Puritans difference

The rationalists think that anything is possible threw science.

The rationalists didn’t believe in the puritan’s god they thought

science will answer all of there questions. Like how the earth was

made, how animals and humans where made and other stuff like

that. The rationalists let sciences answer there question. The

puritans believed that anything is possible threw god. The puritans

didn’t like that the rationalists wanted to found out by doing

science. The puritans didn’t think people should try to do gods

work. They thought everyone should believe in there god and

follow there rules.


1. Honest. Being honest a little more
2. Nice. Stop being so mean to others
3. Respect. Demand respect
4.Swag. Keep my swag turned on
5.Dedication. Have dedication to do any thing
6.Dependable. Always being on time for family and where I need to be at all times
7.Trouble. Keep myself out of trouble and stay away from the trouble makers
8.Love. Show more love to my family and friends
9.Money. Never go broke keep money
10.Job. Having a good job to pay bills and rent
11.Calm. Stay kool and collective
12.Control. Stay in control of my own life
13.Believe. Just believe in myself and family

The puritans are crazy people for thinking like they are there belief is opposite from mine. Some of the thing is some what true like Adam and Eve fall, every person is born into sin. Only a few will make it to heaven but they’ll have to be saved and be living upright to God. The puritans said what I said but put it in different words talking about god is going to save these he wish. They worked so hard that they couldn’t refresh their weather bodies but me I wouldn’t be working that hard for some food or money how ever they pay them pretty good. The Indians sent them food to grow in the garden so the puritans can learn to survive. I guess the devil got the saint and everyone else followed the saint’s words but he is taken them the wrong way.