Monday

Today we need to look at chapters 16 and 17. Note, we will be finished with the book by Friday. Your journals, all of them, are due on Monday. Remember you need 35 for a C. 

11/9 chapter 16-17
11/10 chapter 18-19
11/11 chapter 20
11/12 chapter 21-22
11/13 chapter 23-24
11/16 Finish Dialectical Journals (or begin Scarlet Letter Essay)
11/17 Review for Test
11/18 Test
11/19 - 11/9 Work on Scarlet Letter Essay
11/20 Essay Due   

 Notes on "Brooding Romantics"

* Did not believe in the innate goodness of people

* Explored the human capacity for evil

* Probed the inner life of characters

* Agreed with romantic emphasis on emotion, nature, and the individual

* Included elements of fantasy and the supernatural in works

Notes on "The Trnscendentalists"

* Emphasized living a simple life

* Stressed a close relationship to nature

* Celebrated emotions and the imagination

* Stressed individualism and self-reliance

* Believed intuition can lead to knowledge

* Believed in the inherent goodness of people

* Encouraged spiritual well-being over financial well-being




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