essay
Hernani Exercise (due by class time on Tuesday. February 25)
(Submit this instead of your weekly letter)
For each word or phrase, determine whether it reflects the tenets/philosophy of Neoclassicism or Romanticism. If you choose “Neoclassicism,” move on to the next example. If you choose “Romanticism,” cite an example from Hernani that corresponds to the prompt. (Note: a few of the “Romanticism” choices have no perfect example – just do your best)
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Gardens of Versailles
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Humans should create beauty on this earth
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Censorship
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
The Quest for Experience
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Plays should be either Tragedies or Comedies
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
The genius poet
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
The most faulty human organ is the mind
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Poetic Justice
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Humanism
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Anti-authoritarianism
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
A duke, a king, and an outlaw lay siege to a woman’s heart, and the outlaw wins
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Poetic Rules
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
We love Shakespeare
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Naturally enlightened characters
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Ghosts are cool
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Anti-materialism
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
“From the depths of your grave imbue my heart with something sublime”
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
French Academy
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Ranks, Professions, Classes, and Genders -- each have their own essence
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
“In loving her, I forget the hatrfed that weighs on me”
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Impulsiveness
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Follow you heart
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
“A while ago, the moon climbed up to the horizon, and as you spoke, your voice and its trembling light pierced my heart. I felt myself joyful and calm – I should have liked to die then”
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Verisimilitude (Likeness to Truth)
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
God is all just, powerful, and omniscient
b. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Freedom
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Light triumphs over Darkness
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Unity of Time, Place, and Action
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Courtly Manners
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Celebration of Reason and Logic
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Sublime and the Grotesque
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Ruins and crypts
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
The noble outlaw
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
“Are you my demon or my angel”
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Democracy
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
The magic moment that stops time
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Midnight meetings and secret passageways
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Restless energy
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Pure calm
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
“Oh, I would blow the trumpet of rebellion throughout the land”
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
“The law never made a great man, but freedom will yield a giant, a colossus
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
No soliloquys (a character speaking alone to her/himself on stage)
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Love over Empire
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
The aristocrat is the real bandit
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Art should reveal life’s moral patterns
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Gothic architecture
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________
Truth lies in the multiplicity of creation
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism ______________________________