Frederick Douglas

Frederick Douglas was a story about a slave that was being educated by part of the white family he was with. The family got in trouble for it and he was sent away. when he escaped from the slavery he went to the north and further educated himself. He became a good author and wrote stories about his expierences in slavery.

Unit 4 notes

A murder, A mystery, and a marriage
John Gray- is the old farmer
Deer Lick- is the name of the tiny village
Rev. John Hurley- is the rev in the village
Mary Gray- daughter of John Gray
Hugh Gregory- is mary's love
Sara/Sally Gray- is the mom and John's wife
Tom Gray is Mary's little brother
Dave- is John's brother, he is very rich
Geroge Wayne/Count Hubert dee Fountingblow/Jean Mercier- is the stranger that comes from far away and tried to fall in love with Mary when Hugh is put in jail.

Declaration of Independence

1. Why do they repeat it?
They repeat it for emphasis because they are so upset and they want their complaints to be known. they wanted the king of Britain to know.

2. Why do they make it personal?
Because they want the king to know how upset they are. they really dislike the king.

3. How does the D.I. anticipate its audiences resistance to change? they know that people are going to want it changed.

4. How does the D.I. use parallelism? How does it impact the effectiveness of the piece? it talks about how it wants everyone and everything to be equal.

Mark Twain

Mark Twain's real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemons. He is most known for writing the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. William Faulkner once called him the father of American Literature. His books were so controversial because he often used racial terms and was hypocritical and talked about murderous acts. His name means two fathoms deep and indicates safe water.

Gothic Lit Notes

Gothic Literature is characterized by grotesque characters, bizarre situations, and violent events. Originating in Europe, 19th century. notable authors are Edger Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Romantic writers saw limitation of reason, celebrate the individual spirit, emotions, and immigration, as the basic elements of human nature. The Spelndors of nature, fascination with the supernatural. Atomosphere, sentiment and optimism transcendentalists

Transcendent forms of a truth exist beyond reason and experience.

Every individual is capable of discovering this higher truth on his or her own through intuition.

Gothic Architecture- Cavernous gothic cathedrals with their irregularly placed towers and their hight stained glass windows were intended to inspire awe and fear.

Gargoyle- mascot of Gothic

Imaganitive distortion- Threshold of the unknown, shawdowy region where fantastic, demonic, and insane reside.

Individualism- romantics see hope Gothics see potential evil

Poe- Dark mid evil castles, decaying ancient estates provide the setting for weird and terrifying events
plots- extreme situations that people revealed their true natures
Hawthorne- Fear, greed, vanity, mistrust, and betrayal.
Danse Macabre is the dance of death
The most scary part of Gothic is the suspense

Quest for Immortality

Immortality (or eternal life) is the concept of living in a physical or spiritual form for an infinite or inconceivably vast length of time.^[2]

As immortality is the negation of mortality—not dying or not being subject to death—it has been a subject of fascination to humanity since at least the beginning of history. The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the first literary works, dating back at least to the 22nd century BC, is primarily a quest of a hero seeking to become immortal.^[3] What form an unending human life would take (as well as whether it is subject to incapacitation), or whether the soul exists and possesses immortality, has been a major point of focus of religion, as well as the subject of speculation, fantasy, and debate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortality

Gothic Literature

Gothic Literature: A genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. It was invented by the English author Horace Walpole.

Romanticism: Is a complex artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that orginated in the 18th century in western Europe and gained strength during the industrial revolution.

Transcendentalism: Was a group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy that emerged in New England.