Gothic Literature

Gothic Literature:
-Gothic Literature is a genre of literature that brings together Romance and Horror!
-It was believed to be started by a man named Horace Walpole, after writing a novel called The Castle of Otranto.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_fiction

Romanticism:
Romanticism of Wordsworth is the literature which is oriented towards nature and can be considered to be reverse of classicism.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/types-of-literature.html
Great Video about Romanticism Literature
WATCH IT:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkdgCSR6DYs

Transcendentalism:
In literature there was a philosophical and literary movement that came into play in New England from about 1836-1860. It came about from a small group of intellectuals who were reacting against the orthodoxy of Calvinism and the rationalism of the Unitarian Church.
http://www.questia.com/library/literature/transcendentalism-in-literature.jsp

Crucible

Act 1:
Crucible means: survire test or trial!

Reverend Paris:
Reverend, Abigal is his neice and Betty is his daughter!
John Proctor:
Farmer, wife Elizabeth, has kids
Tituba:
Worked for Reverend Paris, was the leader of talking with the devil and chanting the words.
Mercy Lewis:
Putnam's maid.
Putnam's:
Children all died, last one acts as though she is with the devil.

Abigal and all her friends are caught dancing around a fire and throughing things into a kettle by Reverend Paris.
Abigal drinks chicken blood as she dances naked around the fire.
Abigal has a crush on John Proctor and they also had relations with one another, John who already is married to Elizabeth.
Abigal blames the dancing and everything on Tituba for making her dance.

Act 2:

Elizabeth talks with John Proctor about having sexual relations with Abigal. John denys that he ever did anything with abigal.
Rebecca is charged with being a witch when she was found reading books.
Elizabeth doesn't believe in witchcraft!!!
Mary was @ court and was sowing a doll, stuck a needle in the stomach and got in trouble from John Procter when he found out about it.
Many people get accused of witchcraft!

Act 3:

Elizabeth says that she is pregnant and John does't believe she would lie about something like that.
Mary makes all these lies about somethings that took place in the forest.
All the girls went to court to be asked ?s
John Proctor admits to having sexual relations with Abigal.

Act 4:

Cows are out in about roaming because of all the people that are in prison for being accussed of witchcraft.
Sarah Good and Tituba go home
Abigal runs away and steals some money.
John proctor was locked up with lots of other victums.
John proctor confessed but after receiving the form he refusses to sign and so they kill him.

New Puritans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5BZErykrXY&feature=related

This is a great video that shares a lot of info.
Piritans were pursicuted in England because of their religion.
They settled in Boston, Watertown, and Roxbury.
They stuggled through the first winter after 200 people died

Hangings

19 men and women were hung.
1 man stoned to death.
Many others died and suffered in prison.

Salem Witch Trial Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3srowO2m95E&feature=related

This shows a pretty good understanding of what took place during the Salem witch trials. It also talks abo some of the people who were invloved.

Salem Witch Trials

A lady by the name Sarah Good was accused of being a witch because of muttering in 1962. Often many people were accused of doing witch craft because they went to the wrong church, talked to themselves, or are reclusive.

Early puritans wanted to get ride of Catholic influence.They were also very simple!

When my great great grandparnets came over the settled on the Gilberville,Iowa River.

This is a picture of Germany where my great great grandparents (John J. Delagardelle and Irene Huberty) came over from. The last name Delagardelle was more commonly wrote out like de la Gardelle.

Thanksgiving

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o4J6b_y5RQ

This video is full of great facts about what the pilgrims went through on their journey and how they came to get along with the Indians! Its very interesting:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct2WZyJOfC


This video shows some of the popular events that the Indians and Pilgrims went through.

This is the Indians and the Pilgrims eating together and getting along with one another. The Indians helped the Pilgrims learn to plant crops so in return the Pilgrims invited them to their Thanksgiving dinner!