Realism, Naturalism, and Romanticism

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1.
a) Realists focused on ordinary people facing the normal problems of life, using the influ-ence of democracy and the growing middle-class audience for literature. They muck-raked and wrote about real problems.

b) Realism was successful because of the trend of democracy and the growing middle-class audience for literature.

2.
a) Naturalists sought to put the spirit of scientific observation to literary use by using de-tails to promote social reform. They contradicted the Romantic idea that nature mir-rored human feelings and portrayed nature as harsh and indifferent to the human suf-fering it caused.

b) Their approach is both realistic and natural, though more natural. They depict social problems just like Realists, but expand on these problems using observations, the natu-ral part of it. Other approaches to literature did not provide ways to fix social problems or simply did not even address them.

3.
a) Some people did not like realism. They either became part of the Pre-Raphaelite Bro-therhood to be inspired by the spiritual intensity of medieval Italian art, or completely turned away from the world and sought to create art for art’s sake.

b) When they were first introduced, SUVs were deemed to be the next best thing due to their spaciousness and ability to carry many things. However, now they are shunned be-cause of their low gas mileage, their unnecessary size, their destructive force, and their anti-crash psychology. Hummers also have a similar, and much more controversial, pat-tern.


1. Ulysses’s current situation contrasts with his previous experiences by being the opposite. Before he was fighting in wars and having adventures on his way back home; now, he sits has no adventure in his life. It is ironic that he wishes to choose a more dangerous lifestyle, though more romantic.

2.
a) Ulysses yearns to return to his adventurous days of fighting and sailing because his cur-rent life is boring. He does not like being a king very much.

b) His feelings about aging are that it is taking away time for him to do more adventures and journeys. He is accepting of it but not enthusiastic about it.

c) His attitude toward life in general is that it is meant to be lived and that adventure is an integral part of it. He is romantic and places emotions above physical constraints.

5. The fact that Ulysses dies after setting forth does not change my opinion because he did what he wanted to do and died doing what he loved. If he remained at home, he would die grudgingly and never have known what his journey would have been.

2. Ulysses and Lady Shalott are similar by that they both see the world’s capabilities and yearn to experience them. Ulysses is prevented by his kingly duties and old age, while Lady Shalott is prevented by a curse.

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2. Single words

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4. Clauses

5. Prepositional phrases