Hernani exercise (due by class time on tuesday. february 25) (s
1. 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
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Humans should create beauty on this earth
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Censorship
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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The Quest for Experience
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Plays should be either Tragedies or Comedies
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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The genius poet
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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The most faulty human organ is the mind
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
2. ______________________________
Poetic Justice
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Humanism
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Anti-authoritarianism
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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A duke, a king, and an outlaw lay siege to a woman’s heart, and
the outlaw wins
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Poetic Rules
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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We love Shakespeare
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Naturally enlightened characters
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Ghosts are cool
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Anti-materialism
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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“From the depths of your grave imbue my heart with something
sublime”
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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French Academy
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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3. Ranks, Professions, Classes, and Genders -- each have their own
essence
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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“In loving her, I forget the hatrfed that weighs on me”
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Impulsiveness
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Follow you heart
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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“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
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Verisimilitude (Likeness to Truth)
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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God is all just, powerful, and omniscient
b. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Freedom
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Light triumphs over Darkness
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Unity of Time, Place, and Action
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Courtly Manners
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
4. ______________________________
Celebration of Reason and Logic
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Sublime and the Grotesque
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Ruins and crypts
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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The noble outlaw
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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“Are you my demon or my angel”
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Democracy
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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The magic moment that stops time
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Midnight meetings and secret passageways
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Restless energy
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Pure calm
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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“Oh, I would blow the trumpet of rebellion throughout the land”
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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“The law never made a great man, but freedom will yield a
giant, a colossus
5. a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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No soliloquys (a character speaking alone to her/himself on
stage)
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Love over Empire
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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The aristocrat is the real bandit
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Art should reveal life’s moral patterns
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Gothic architecture
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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Truth lies in the multiplicity of creation
a. Neoclassicism b. Romanticism
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