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WARM-UP What do you look forward to about growing older? What do you fear? Why do you think some people fear aging ? *If you have your RP to turn in (late), save it for the end of block!. Today’s Agenda. Start Keystone Glossary Vocab Unit 6 intro Hawthorne bio notes

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WARM-UP

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  1. WARM-UP • What do you look forward to about growing older? What do you fear? Why do you think some people fear aging? *If you have your RP to turn in (late), save it for the end of block!

  2. Today’s Agenda • Start Keystone Glossary • Vocab Unit 6 intro • Hawthorne bio notes • Begin reading “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” • HW

  3. Keystone Glossary

  4. Vocabulary Unit 6 Which words do you already know?

  5. accede

  6. brandish

  7. comprise

  8. deft

  9. destitute

  10. explicit

  11. extirpate

  12. inopportune

  13. ironic

  14. musty

  15. officious

  16. ominous

  17. pinnacle

  18. premeditated

  19. rampant

  20. solace

  21. stately

  22. supple

  23. suppress

  24. venal

  25. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804-1864

  26. Born in Salem, Massachusetts • Father deceased; resided with mother in isolation • Ancestor served as a judge in the Salem Witch Trials

  27. Went into self-imposed isolation for 12 years to develop his writing skills • Not a Puritan but fascinated by their ways of life

  28. Considered the “father of the psychological novel” in America • Known best for The Scarlet Letter

  29. Central figure in Am. Rom.mvmt., but he was more of an anti-Transcendentalist

  30. Anti-Transcendentalism: a lit. mvmt. that focused on human limitations and destructiveness rather than possibilities

  31. *ANTI-TRANSCENDENTALISM* • People are both good AND evil • Evilis a dominant force in the world • People are prone to sin & self-destruction • Natural world is dark, decaying, & mysterious • Lit. is overall less optimistic than Transc. lit. – often shows individuals failing in their attempts to make changes for the better

  32. Drew on traditions and superstitions of New England for material • Common themes - sin, guilt, retribution, human isolation, loss of innocence

  33. Common literary elements - allegory and symbolism • ALLEGORY: when characters, setting, and events are symbolic of larger qualities (greed, selfishness, etc) to teach a moral or lesson

  34. His biggest beliefs: • People possess the potential for good and evil • Evil is a dominant force in the world

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