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What did Romantic writers want to write?
Books that were definitely and defiantly American
Who is portrayed by Robin Williams in the film?
Mr. John Keating
What do Todd's parents get him for his birthday? Why is this gift upsetting to Todd?
They bought his a desk/stationery set. It was the same as the previous year.
"I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately..." is a quote from who?
Thoreau
Where was Thoreau born?
Concord, Massachussetts
What did Transcendentalists call the universal force that ties us all together?
Oversoul
Close but not exact rhyme
slant rhyme
What school did both Emerson and Thoreau attend?
Harvard
Romantic literature focused on the rhetoric of what?
Freedom and equality
Not only were there American authors, but there were also these to protect them
Copyright Laws
T/F America lived in a state of inequality
True
T/F Thoreau was an abolitionist
True
What were the woods named where Thoreau lived for 18 months?
Walden Woods
"O' Captain, My Captain" is a poem about who?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was considered the "Father of Transcendentalism?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
______________ went to jail for not paying a small tax
Thoreau
