Romantic and Victorian Era

What is a characteristic of Romanticism?

• Value of nature and beauty

• Industrialism

• Realism instead of Idealism

• Love, Hugs and Kisses

What best describes romanticism

• A focus on emotions

• A focus on rationalism

• A focus on unrequited love

• A focus on poetry

Which author is NOT one of the Big Six?

• William Wordsworth

• William Blake

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• John Steinbeck

What happened before the Romantic Era?

• Novels were all the rage

• Artists focused nature and beauty

• The French Revolution

• The Napoleonic Wars

What type of literature was most prominent during the Romantic period?

• Novels

• Plays

• Pamphlets

• Poetry

The idea that we can make the world a better place:

• Imagination

• Intuition

• Inspiration

• Individuality

• Idealism

What is a theme of this poem?

The Sick Rose

O Rose thou art sick.

The invisible worm,

That flies in the night

In the howling storm:

Has found out thy bed

Of crimson joy:

And his dark secret love

Does thy life destroy.

• Life

• Death

• Roses

• Worms

What might be a summary of the poem?

The Sick Rose

O Rose thou art sick.

The invisible worm,

That flies in the night

In the howling storm:

Has found out thy bed

Of crimson joy:

And his dark secret love

Does thy life destroy.

• The rose dies while the worm is inside it

• The worm dies inside the rose

• The rose dies because the worm infects it

• Nature vs. Nurture

The many social problems during Queen Victoria's reign led to many different types of

• reforms

• political parties

• battles

• elections

In general, Victorian writers believed that their work could contribute to

• romance

• economic growth

• changed behavior

• tragedy