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Where of these would you rather go on vacation? Why did you choose this location?

Where of these would you rather go on vacation? Why did you choose this location? What activities would you do there?. Beach? Mountains? Exotic Island? Busy City? Quiet Country? Forest? Snowy Village? Hot Desert?. What are three main ideas of Romanticism?.

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Where of these would you rather go on vacation? Why did you choose this location?

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  1. Where of these would you rather go on vacation? • Why did you choose this location? • What activities would you do there? • Beach? • Mountains? • Exotic Island? • Busy City? • Quiet Country? • Forest? • Snowy Village? • Hot Desert?

  2. What are three main ideas of Romanticism? • 1) Optimism and individualism • 2) Kinship with Nature • 3) The Power of Darkness

  3. Romanticism • Values feeling and intuition over reason. • Places faith in inner experience and the power of the imagination. • Shuns the artificiality of civilization and seeks unspoiled nature.

  4. Prefers youthful innocence to educated sophistication. • Champions individual freedom and the worth of the individual. • Contemplates nature’s beauty as a path to spiritual and moral development.

  5. Looks backward to wisdom of the past and distrusts progress. • Finds beauty and truth in exotic locales, the supernatural realm, and the inner world of the imagination. • Sees poetry as the highest expression of the imagination. • Finds inspiration in myth, legend, and folk culture.

  6. Characteristics of the Romantic Hero: • Is young, or possesses youthful qualities. • Is innocent and pure of purpose. • Has a sense of honor based not on society’s rules but on some higher principle.

  7. Has knowledge of people and life based on deep , intuitive understanding, not on formal learning. • Loves nature and avoids town life. • Quests for some higher truth in the natural world.

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