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puritanism

puritanism. By J avon, S tefany, S hawlame . Major works . The Crucible - John Proctor = tragic hero Anne Bradstreet poetry- “Upon the Burning of Our House” - use inverted syntax ( yoda talk = “ for sorrow near I do not look”). Beliefs .

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puritanism

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  1. puritanism By Javon, Stefany, Shawlame

  2. Major works • The Crucible - John Proctor = tragic hero • Anne Bradstreet poetry- “Upon the Burning of Our House” - use inverted syntax ( yoda talk = “ for sorrow near I do not look”)

  3. Beliefs • “ I believe so that I might understand” • People should be self reliant • Going to Heaven is only reserved for a few special people

  4. Romanticism & Transcendentalism By: Stefany, Shawlame, Javon

  5. Transcendentalism • What is Transcendentalism? • Transcendentalism is a belief that there is a spiritual reality that is above the physical reality • A goal for Transcendentalism is to aim for perfection

  6. Closest to Romanticism

  7. Basic beliefs • Everything in the world, including people, is a reflection of God, and the divine soul • The physical world is a doorway to the spiritual world • A person is his/her own authority not society, the church, or the government. • God is in nature

  8. The roots of transcendentalism • Idealism ( Greek, 4thc B.C. ) • Puritanism ( North American, 17th C ) • Romanticism ( Europe and NA, Late 18th ) • Transcendentalism ( NA, 19th C )

  9. Romanticism • A school of thought that values feeling and intuition over reason. • Different from the modern definition of romantic

  10. Principle Of Romanticism • A reaction against rationalism • The Declaration of independence is based on rationalist principles • The imagination can reach truths that the rational mind cannot.

  11. Dark Romanticism • As opposed to the perfectionist beliefs of Transcendentalism, the Dark Romantics emphasized human fallibility and proneness to sin and self- destructions, as well as the difficulties inherent in attempts at social reform. • The dark romantics adapted images of anthropomorphized evil in the form of Satan, devils, ghosts, werewolves, vampires, and ghouls to help display humans inherit negatives. • Nathanial Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Edgar Allen Poe ( coincides with Gothic )

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