English III: Their Eyes Were Watching God Assessment Three

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Focus Lesson Notes

Romanticism was a ______ and artistic movement in the ______and comes from a ______desire to ______from reality.

Romantics valued ______ and imagination instead of ______and ______.

Romantics also had a deep respect for ______and ______ and believed that science was ______and ______.

Romanticism celebrated ______and the ______.

Ideas of ______and the ______ still in Europe.

Intellectual and artistic movement trying to ______

In effect all over the globe from ______to ______.

Purpose of the movement is to express______through ______

Changes were due to the effects of the ______and ______

Romantics were not in favor of ______of the ______.

Romantics believe in ______and______.

Emphasis on:

Strong relationship with:

Interests in Medieval times, the supernatural, the mysterious the ______and the ______and the ______.

Mostly a sad and ______or ______main topic.

Text Examples

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Work Period

Read the following poems and answer the questions below on a separate piece of paper that will be stapled to this one.

Tableau by Countee Cullen

Locked arm in arm they cross the way
The black boy and the white,
The golden splendor of the day
The sable pride of night.
From lowered blinds the dark folk stare
And here the fair folk talk,
Indignant that these two should dare
In unison to walk.
Oblivious to look and word
They pass, and see no wonder
That lightning brilliant as a sword
Should blaze the path of thunder

Questions

  1. How does the poem “Tableau” differ from the poem “Incident”? How are the poems similar? Citespecific evidence from the texts to support your response?
  2. How does Cullen use setting and diction to establish the historical context and theme of the poems?
  3. What are two themes associated with Cullen's poems, and how does Cullen use language and tone toconvey these themes?
  1. How does historical context affect a reader’s understanding of a text?

Incident by Countee Cullen

Once riding in old Baltimore,
Heart-filled, head-filled with glee,
I saw a Baltimorean
Keep looking straight at me.
Now I was eight and very small,
And he was no whit bigger,
And so I smiled, but he poked out
His tongue, and called me, 'Nigger.'
I saw the whole of Baltimore
From May until December;
Of all the things that happened there
That's all that I remember.