Romanticism WebQuest
Name:_____________________________ Period: _______
Directions: Answer the following questions in YOUR OWN WORDS. Do not copy answers directly from the websites
provided.
1. What is romanticism? http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Romanticism
2. What influenced the Romantic movement?
3. Define AND explain the 5 I’s of Romanticism and how they are important to the romantic movement
http://www.dictionary.com/. You will need to complete the entire webquest before explaining the 5 I’s.
Imagination (definition):
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Intuition (definition):
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Idealism (definition):
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Inspiration (definition):
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Individuality (definition):
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4. Explain the contributions the ‘big six’ made to romanticism.
William Blake: http://www.biography.com/people/william-blake-9214491
William Wordsworth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PdDHzBq7h4
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: http://www.biography.com/people/samuel-taylor-coleridge-9253238
Lord Byron: http://www.biography.com/people/lord-byron-21124525
John Keats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2oy8-rOwfA
Percy Bysshe Shelley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeadtFfUO3c
5. Explain the Byronic Hero and why it is important to Romantic poetry. https://www.bl.uk/romantics-andvictorians/articles/the-romantics
6. Use at least three different detailed examples to explain the shift in culture from realism to romanticism.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Romanticism
7. What caused the shift in romanticism to transcendentalism?