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Named after George Washington. First American writer to achieve an international reputation. Many of his stories are reworked German tales with distinctly American setting in Hudson valley
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Washington irving
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This is an American version of the story of Faust, the 16 century German philosopher who sells his soul to the devil for knowledge and power
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Archetype - the devil and Tom walker
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Tom walker point of view
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3rd omniscient
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Narrator outside the action, reveals details about characters thoughts and actions, comments on events of the story, direct and indirect characterization of characters
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The devil and Tom walker
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What does washington's narrator reveal from several angles?
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Conflict
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Overall feeling or atmosphere of a story
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Mood
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How do you find the mood?
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Start with the setting. Pay close attention to time and place and ask yourself how the setting makes you feel. Look at authors word choice. Analyze the plot.
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How can moods be identified
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With one to two adjectives, one dominant mood or feeling in most stories
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What does the devil and Tom walker reveal
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The cultural attitudes of new englanders during the 1720s- belief in the devil and the reference to natives being savages
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Where is the devil and Tom walker
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Boston, 35 years after Salem witch trials
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Were you surprised by tom's actions in this story? Why or why not?
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No, I wasn't surprised by his actions because his motivation was greed. His greed for money was bigger than his knowledge that it wasn't the right thing to do. He was so caught up in the money that he didn't realize until after he shouldn't have done it.
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What does the devil offer Tom? What factor contributes to tom's initial refusal?
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He offers him the riches hidden by Captain Kidd if he will sell his soul to the devil. He thinks it would be bad on his conscience.
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What happens to tom's wife? What do you learn about Tom, based on his reaction to the loss of his wife?
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After hearing about Tom refusal, she goes into the woods to sell her soul. He ultimately cared more for his passions than his own wife.
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What agreement does Tom ultimately make with the devil? As the story progresses why do you think Tom begins to go to church and carry a bible around with him at all times?
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He ultimately sells his soul. I think he was scared of going to hell. I think he tried to be a good Christian bc he knew the devil was going to come and take him to hell. He was trying to escape his fate.
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What kind of people do you think Tom and his wife are?
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I think that they are just normal people that let earthly things (money) come in and take over and control their life. They wanted so much money they were willing to do anything for it even if it means selling themselves.
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Do you think Tom deserved this fate? Why or why not? Would you have felt more sympathy for Tom if he exchanged his soul for knowledge and not money?
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I think he deserved this fate because he didn't have to sell his soul to the devil. He could have easily said no but he let his greed control his life and made his own decision. I wouldn't feel any differently if he sold if for knowledge instead of money bc he still sold it.
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1794-1878, father of American poetry, genuine poetic talent at a very early age
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William Cullen Bryant
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Early poetry of WCB consisted of
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Heroic couplets- rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter
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WCB used what and why
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Metaphors to express connection between human life and nature
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WCB: editor where, founded what party, favored who
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New York evening post, republican, lincoln
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WCB was first American poet to gain worldwide fame with
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Poetry about America
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WCB is America's first....
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Romantic poet although his poems don't follow romantic characteristcics
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Most famous WCB poem, written before he turned 20
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Thanatopsis
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Meditations on death
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Thanatopsis
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WCB was inspired by...
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Graveyard poets and focused on celebrating death, immortality and emotions of bereavement
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How does the poem view nature
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Has a spiritual and moral meaning
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In WCB poems the natural world is at once the?
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Visible face of God, a source of moral lessons and a means of exploring the human imagination
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1809-1849, psychological thrillers, inventor of the detective story
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Edgar Allen Poe
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What two levels are the raven told on
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1. The surface= A lover who grieves over lost love 2. A deeper level= explores the effects of grief and loneliness and how these two emotions can turn into madness
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Sound devices in the raven
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Alliteration. Assonance, Constance, repetition, internal rhyme, and onomatopoeia to give a musical quality. These devices are used to emphasize key sounds, worlds, ideas, and images
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The raven uses
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Inversion
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Romantic characteristics in the raven
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1. Intense interest in supernatural 2. Strength of the individual 3. Emotion over reason 4. Intense respect for nature 5. Nature vs. civilization (raven sitting on bust of Pallas)
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This poem has been popular for over 100 years. Explain why you think the poem does or doesn't merit this continued action.
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The poem does because thinking about how death is real shows there is only life. He hopes for Lenore to return but the raven shows him death is real and she won't which shows us a lesson about how death is real.
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Why is the speaker reading at the beginning of the poem? What is his emotional state as the poem begins?
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He's trying to distract himself from his sorrow. He is grieving and curious and then becomes scared and foreboding
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With what emotion does the speaker first greet the raven? During the course of the poem, how does the speakers attitude toward the raven change? In what way is the word never more related to these changes?
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He is startled and amused. He blames the death of Lenore on the raven and it not telling him what he wanted to hear is a sign of his insanity. At first he didn't think the raven would respond but soon he finds out that he speaks more with the raven he becomes agitated. His sanity will never more be present.
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What does the speaker eventually order the raven to do? At the end of the poem what does the speaker mean when he says the raven is still sitting above the door?
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Fly away, the raven represents his last hold of insanity
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What is the relationship between the Ravens shadow and the speakers soul at then end of the poem?
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His soul has become melded into the shadow. It's now a constant reminder.
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Do you think grief can truly cause a person to permanently lose the ability to reason?
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No. I think that temporarily it can but as time goes on you will get better
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Expression of approval
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Approbation
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Make easier
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Assuage
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Combination
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Coalitin
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Deckine
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Decadence
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Draw forth
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Elicit
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Dissuade someone
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Expostulate
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Lack orginality
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Hackneyed
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Gap
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Hiatus
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A hint
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Innuendo
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To plead for someone else
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Intercede
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Dulled
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Jaded
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Causing shock
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Lurid
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Worthy
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Meritorious
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Peevish
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Petulant
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A special right
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Prerogafive
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Pertaining to an outlying area
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Provincial
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Imitate
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Simulate
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Rise above
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Transcend
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Shade, offense
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Umbrage
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Smooth or smug
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Unctuous
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One of james fenimore cooper's leather stocking tales
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The last of the Mohicans
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Historical romance- historical setting fades in importance relative to the fictional adventure
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Mohicans
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Where does Mohicans take place
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New York State near Great Lakes, French Indian war around 1757 major am conflict before rev war
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Romantic hero, amuses himself by hunting until am opportunity comes along to help a damsel in distress
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Natty bumpo, Nathaniel, hawkeye, long rifle, leather stocking
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Romantic heroine, crosses typical boundaries of what is expected for her gender
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Cora
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What does Cora do to mean around her
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Inspires and controls
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Mohican uses
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Quests, captivities, pursuits, and rescues to create a romantic narrative
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Cooper combined _ & _ narrative to created _
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1. Romance 2. Captivity 3. Captivity romance
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_ are considered one of Americas unique contributions to world literature genres
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Captivity narratives
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Other captivity narratives
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Dances with Wolves, the searchers, Pocahontas,little big man
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Genre in literature in which the central importance was placed on emotions and the individual
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Romanticism
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Emphasizes intuition, imagination, strength and potential of individual, nature is admired for beauty strangeness and mystery
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Romanticism
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Inner perception of truth
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Intuition
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Romanticism is cultural and intellectual change from _
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Classicism/ age of reason
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What then is the American this new man? - crevecoeur
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Nationalism
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Why did America change from 1800-1860
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Industrial revolution and expansion of west
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War with British, cut America off fro mforeign goods, forced development of native industries
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War of 1812
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spokesperson for religion of nature Known for Poetry Believed individual could learn great morals and spiritual truths from nature
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WCB
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Wrote folklore adapted from Europe legends Set in America Reveal general truths about human nature
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Washington Irving
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Historical events Characters define their personal values by their experiences in lawless nature Most famous hero is natty bumpo
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James fenimore cooper
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Equates greater truth of nature with madness Irrational characters Reality in stories is a grotesque place Inner world controls outer world
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Edgar Allen poe
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Temptation
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Devil in Tom walker symbolizes
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Shortcut to wealth
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Path through swamp in Tom walker symbolizes
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Where shortcuts to wealth usually lead
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Morass
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People have no moral values
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Rotting tree
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Greed symbol
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Tom walker
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Greed and moral decay and materialistic symbol
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Bible buried under mortgage papers
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False appearances and ostentation
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Tom's new house
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Predatory lending institutions
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Evil broker Tom
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Ursurur
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Broker
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Theme: trust in God and have faith What makes it romantic: favors nature, strength and potential of the individual, favors intuition Mood: pensive
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WCB to a waterfowl
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Describing the beauty of a woman who is like Helen of Troy. "Hyacinth hair, classic face, naiad, perfumed, glory that was Greece, grandeur that was Rome, statue like"
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EAP to Helen
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Majestic, not very modern, Indians and settlers
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How is the frontier defined? Who lives there and why?
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What are the particular expertiences of the frontier settlers? Why don't they want to ally with Britain
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Survive and hunt, built, go to river, they don't want to be under the same rules and fight
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How does life on frontier compare with colonial experiences
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Smaller cities, downfall of big civilizations
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How does this frontier compare to typical notion of the western frontier in the late nineteenth century
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This frontier is hard but in 1800s it was plentiful with gold
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20 century frontiers
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Alaska Antarctica
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What are motivations for fighting Britain
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Protection
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Native Americans vs Brit? French? Colonists?
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British killed family, okay with French, like colonists
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How are hawk eye loyalities formed
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Doesn't want to fight British because it's not his fight
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Why are his notions of savagery and civilization
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Killing women and children, helping people who can't be helped
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How is European national identity symbolized in colonies
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Red coats, wigs, talk different, civilization, live more advanced
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Natty tells Cora to
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Stay with her father in front of the line to be more protected. He knows French is gonna attack
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Who is the last full blooded Mohican
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The chief
