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Color Symbolism
Red – The title The Red Badge of Courage
refers to a wound earned in a courageous
battle.
Crimson – The crimson field represents the
bloody corpses who have died for
unification.
Grey & Navy Blue – Opposing sides.
Red, White & Blue – America, Freedom
John Larson
Romanticism / Realism / Naturalism
Naturalism – the view of the world that takes account only
of natural elements and forces, excluding the supernatural
or spiritual. Ex. The squirrel running from the battle.
Romanticism – An artistic and intellectual movement
originating in Europe in the late 18th century and
characterized by a heightened interest in nature, emphasis
on the individual's expression of emotion and imagination,
departure from the attitudes and forms of classicism, and
rebellion against established social rules and conventions.
Ex. The bodies returning back to nature.
Realism – a theory of writing in which the ordinary, familiar,
or mundane aspects of life are represented in a
straightforward or matter-of-fact manner that is presumed to
reflect life as it actually is. Ex. The events are very realistic.
Impressionism – A literary style characterized by the use of
details and mental associations to evoke subjective and
sensory impressions rather than the re-creation of objective
reality. Ex. Henry fearing death.
Stephen Crane
“The Open Boat” – The characters are
caught in a tempest and end up washing a
shore after their boat capsizes this causes
them to have a near death experience and
thus fear death.
“The Blue Hotel” – The three main
characters meet in a motel in Nebraska,
when one of the characters is accused of
cheating at cards and murdered they
realize that they are all equally responsible
for his death.
“The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky” – This
short story is another example of realism
because the characters are very down to
Earth.
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln’s purpose in writing the Address
is to bring about the unification of the
Union and to uphold the Constitution.
Lincoln’s purpose was not to free the
slaves it was to unify and protect and
preserve the union. The style of the
Gettysburg Address is very similar to The
Red Badge of Courage because they
both emphasize the sacrifice of the
young soldiers who engage in the actual
fighting. Stephen Crane’s novel was first
interpreted as a patriotic novel but it is
actually about the sacrifice of the young
people that fight in wars. The Gettysburg
was also similarly misinterpreted.
Impressionism
Impressionism began in the 1800’s it was
named for the Claude Monet work,
Impression, Sunrise. Characteristics of
Impressionist paintings include visible
brush strokes, open
composition,
emphasis on light in its changing
qualities (often accentuating the effects
of the passage of time), ordinary subject
matter, the inclusion of movement as a
crucial element of human perception and
experience, and unusual visual angles.
Lord of the Flies
The corpse scene in Lord of the Flies
parallels the corpse field in The Red
Badge of Courage because it shows the
concept of naturalism
because the
corpses as they decompose and become
one with nature. The boys in left for dead
don’t know how the corpse they find died
where as Henry knows the corpses were
killed in battle. Henry knows that death is
around the corner and that he can end up
just like the corpses he sees in the fields
prompting him to rather get killed sooner.
Gone With the Wind
Gone With the Wind is about love
during the civil war. It takes place in the
south in contrast with The Red Badge
of Courage which takes place in New
Jersey. This makes the two viewpoints
and goals of the main characters
almost polar opposites. However both
characters want the war to end.
Civil War Posters
Battle Maps
This map displays all of the battles of the
Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation freed the
slaves after the Confederacy's defeat at the
hands of the Union it
was significant
because it effectively abolished the mindset
of slaveholders. This speech effectively
distanced the south from the north because
without slavery there was no one to harvest
crops. The south could not survive on their
own as a result of their economic struggle
and became economically dependant on the
north.
Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr.
and Mahatma Gandhi
Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., and
Gandhi all helped humanity by giving
people hope and freedom. Martin Luther
King Jr. and Gandhi practiced the
philosophy of non-violent resistance.
Lincoln is known for strongly believing
that all governments should be operated
“By the People, For the People.” Gandhi
helped his people in India fight colonial
oppression by the British. Martin Luther
King Jr. urged his fellow African
Americans to resist civil injustices in
1960’s America.
Point of View.
Stephen Crane’s point of view in The
Red Badge of Courage is one of an
omniscient entity who observes the
battlefield in a naturalistic way. While
most of the book is told from the point of
view of Henry. It is in some parts told
from the view of an omniscient