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DC Warm Up

DC Warm Up. Get out a fresh sheet of paper. Put your name on it. Title it Pop Quiz: “ Rime of the Ancient Mariner”. Pop Quiz: answer each question thoroughly. 1. What sin does the mariner commit? ( both action and its meaning)

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DC Warm Up

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  1. DC Warm Up Get out a fresh sheet of paper. Put your name on it. Title it Pop Quiz: “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”.

  2. Pop Quiz: answer each question thoroughly 1. What sin does the mariner commit? (both action and its meaning) 2. What are the different forms of punishment the Mariner experiences? 3. List at least 3 supernatural elements employed in the poem. Be specific. Yes, this is going in the grade book. You have 15 minutes.

  3. British Romanticism English 1302

  4. What is Romanticism? • Romanticism was arguably the largest artistic movement of the late 1700s. Its influence was felt across continents and through every artistic discipline into the mid-nineteenth century, and many of its values and beliefs can still be seen in contemporary poetry. • British Romanticism officially began in 1798 with the publication of Lyrical Ballads by Coleridge and Wordsworth. • Preface of Lyrical Ballads: “I have said that poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.”

  5. Romanticism and Human Nature • Romantics focused on the teachings of Rousseau—man is basically good, but corrupted by society. • I felt before I thought; tis is the common lot of humanity.  ...  I had conceived nothing, but felt everything.  These confused emotions which I felt one after the other, certainly did not warp the reasoning powers which I did not yet possess; but they shaped them in me of a peculiar stamp, and gave me odd and romantic notions of life" (Rousseau) • Many Romantics sought to correct social ills (reform church and state) in order to allow the human soul to return to its natural state of goodness. • Darker Romantics like Mary Shelley wondered if it was possible for man to return to his naturally benevolent state. • Lockean philosophy—blank slate theory.

  6. The Quest foR Truth • The subjective nature of knowledge: --knowledge as personal, emotional, individual experience -- Each man is an individual, unlike any other; truth is subjective -- True knowledge is emotional -- The self is a subject worthy of study and representation

  7. Qualities/Characteristics • Romantic writers cultivated/appreciated • Individualism • reverence for the natural world, • idealism, • physical and emotional passion, sentimentality • an interest in the mystic and supernatural. • Absolute originality, reliance on imagination, freedom of thought and expression • More focus on women, children, the lower classes (the common man) • Emotion over reason, feeling over thought

  8. “Rime” Discussion In your group, answer each of these questions and be prepared to report your results. • What truths about human nature are revealed? • How is the issue of guilt addressed? • Does knowledge have dangerous repercussions from Coleridge’s perspective? • Why does the Mariner have to tell his story? • What elements of Romanticism are present in the poem? • What poetic devices are employed and to what effect?

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