The Crucible

Honors EnglishIII Mid division Study Guide I. Authors i. Arthur Miller -wrote The crucible -accused of being Communist -blacklisted by Senator McCarthy ii. Dalton Trumbo -wrote tooshieny Got His Gun -anti-war invigorated ->published in 1939;written in 1938 -never served in the war -blacklisted during the McCarthy period -JGHG was inspired by a Canadian Soldier who anomic all of his limbs in WWI iii. sign Twain -wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -real name, Samuel Langhorn Clemens -Realist author -most of his children died in advance he did iv. Jonathan Edwards -wrote Sinners in the turn over of an Angry graven image -preacher in the late 1700s -critical role in the First spectacular Awakening v. Nathaniel Hawthorne -wrote Young Goodman Brown vi. Edgar Allen Poe -Born in Boston -orphaned at a young age -poet and author in the American Romantic Period -went to the University of Virginia -married his 13 year old commencement ceremony cousin, Virginia Clemm ->he was 2 7 -she died of tuberculosis -Poes final stage is secret ->speculated congestion of the brain, cerebral inflammation, alcoholism, delirium tremens, middle disease, epilepsy, syphilis, meningeal inflammation, cholera, or rabies vii. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -fireside poet -romantic movement -from Portland, Maine -went to Bowdoin viii. William Cullen Bryant ix.

John Greenleaf Whittier II. American Themes i. Individualism ii. Freedom iii. American Dream iv. American nightmare v. Rebellion v. Conformity vi. Search for Identity vii. object lesson scramble viii. Journey ix. Frontier x. Initiation III. Gothic romance i. here and now hand retelling ii. setting: gloomy / fastness iii . mysterious horror or forbidden love iv. ! religion stigmatizes characters v. Italian scoundrel vi. Physically deformed villain vii. ghosts or false cast of ghosts viii. elements of magic ix. nature evokes emotion x. declivity and death IV. pragmatism i.Attack on Romanticism ii.characters more all important(predicate) than plot iii. told in first person from characters perspective iv. fair characters are...If you want to work a full essay, order it on our website: OrderEssay.net

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