AGENDA1. BELLRINGER: WHAT WERE

THE MESSAGES THAT “YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN“ AND “DR. HEIDEGGER’S EXPERIMENT“ WERE TRYING TO GET ACROSS?

2. BOOK ORDER INFORMATION

3. SHARE FAUSTIAN LEGENDS

4. GO OVER- DR. HEIDEGGER’S AND YGB

5. TIME TO READ FOR HOMEWORK

6. CLOSURE: HOW ARE THESE PIECES DARK ROMANTICISM?

Homework: Read “The Raven,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” and “The masque of the Red Death.” – critical thinking questions

Young Goodman Brown

• Is Mr. Brown a good man?• This is NOT a strict allegory but it is allegorical. Knowing that what could this story

represent as a whole?• Was this Brown actually fighting the Devil in the heart of darkness or was this his

imagination?• What is the relationship between reality and appearance? Dreaming?• What would Brown most likely agree with by the end? Rationalism, romanticism, dark

romanticism, or Puritanism and why?• What themes or messages are displayed in Hawthorne’s piece?• What can Faith’s pink ribbons symbolize? Give two ideas.

• How many other motifs can you find?

• Is Hawthorne saying that rejecting religion is good or bad? Support your answers.• What does the fact that Brown is still married by the end mean.• Is individualism good or bad?

AGENDABELLRINGER: WHAT‘S ROMANTICISM, TRANSCENDENTALISM, AND RATIONALISM?

1.GO OVER HW

2.MAKE A LEGEND

3.YGB

4.“THE RAVEN,” “THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER,” AND “THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH”

Closure What are the differences and similarities between Transcendentalism, Romanticism, and Dark Romanticism.