Characteristics of the Gothic Story - English 3

• Setting is medieval - a castle or dungeon
• The mood is of mystery or suspense
• Metaphors of fear, horror, dread (ex. thunder, footsteps, creaks, bells, fog, etc.)
• Omens,visions, or haunting dreams are mentioned
• Supernatural, evil, or violent events occur
• "Mad" characters
• Merciless villains
• The Inquisition is mentioned (and their methods or torture)
• Myths or legends are mentioned

A Separate Peace - Voc. List 2 - English 2

idiosyncrasy     emissary     automaton     fratricide     judicious     implausible     discernible      accolade
austerity           stealthy       guileful          assert          assimilate    bellicose        disconcerting

"The Tell-Tale Heart" Voc. - English 3

foresight     sufficient     sagacity     mortal     suppositions     over-acuteness
stimulate     concealment     vex     waned     cunningly          suavity
bade          audacity      vehemently

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - English 3

The link below will take you to an e-text of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".  Read it by Monday and be prepared to take a quiz on the reading.

http://www.enotes.com/legend-sleepy-hollow-text

"The Devil and Tom Walker" Voc. - English 3

These words are to be defined for Monday, September 13th.

1.  morass
2.  forlorn
3.  prevalent
4.  balk
5.  piteous
6.  termagant
7.  askance
8.  celibacy
9.  stagnant
10.  precarious
11.  bittern
12.  impregnable
13.  quagmire
14.  incantations
15.  boding
16.  cloven
17.  swarthy
18.  consecrate
19.  surmise
20.  obliterate
21.  resolute
22.  surly
23.  carrion
24.  prowess
25.  obstinate
26.  usurer
27.   ostentatious
28.  parsimony
29.  expediency
30.  coffer

Romanticism - English 3 Notes

Romanticism

What comes to your mind when you hear the word Romanticism?

Information about Romanticism:

• This refers to a time in American Literature between 1770 and 1860

• What else is going on in American during this time period?

Civil War

Revolutionary War

Forced migration of Native Americans

Influx of immigration

Industrial Revolution

Global Trade

Propaganda

Common Sense

 The American Frontier promised opportunity for expansion, growth, freedom.

 There is an increased spirit of optimism invoked by the promise of new discovery.

 Immigration brought new cultures and perspectives.

 Growth of industry.

 There is an increased need to become more spiritual.

• Some famous “romantic” writers include Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathanial Hawthorne, Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville…just to name a few.

• There are several characteristics that mark a “romantic” piece of literature. They are:

1. Emotion

2. Individualism

3. Revolutionary

4. Love of nature and solitude

5. Full of fantasy and/or introspection

6. Subjective perception

7. Right-brained (more creative and emotional than logical and analytical)

8. Strong sense of nationalism

9. Provides an outcast or savage character

10. Mysterious settings

11. Focus on the supernatural

• The Romantic period in American literature brings about the basis for two important literary movements … Gothicism and Transcendentalism.