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romanticism: a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual. abandon: give up completely secularization: occurring once every century or similarly long period organic evolution: is the change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms through successive generations. adapt: make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify natural selection: the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. The theory of its action was first fully expounded by Charles Darwin and is now believed to be the main process that brings about evolution. variation: a change or difference in condition, amount, or level, typically with certain limits controversy: disagreement, typically when prolonged, public, and heated realism: the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly
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Identify: Ludwig van Beethoven: (1770–1827), German composer. Despite increasing deafness, Beethoven wrote prodigiously: nine symphonies, thirty-two piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the opera Fidelio, and the Mass in D (the Missa Solemnis, 1823).

Louis Pasteur: December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist born in Dole. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases. His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and he created the first vaccine for rabies and anthrax. French chemist and bacteriologist. He introduced pasteurization and made pioneering studies in vaccination techniques.

Charles Darwin: (1809–82), English natural historian and geologist; a proponent of the theory of evolution by natural selection. While the naturalist on HMS Beagle for her voyage around the Southern Hemisphere, he collected the material that became the basis for his ideas on natural selection. Notable works: On the Origin of Species and The Descent of Man.

Charles Dickens: (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era and he remains popular, responsible for some of English literature's most iconic characters. Many of his novels, with their recurrent concern for social reform, first appeared in magazines in serialised form, a popular format at the time. Unlike other authors who completed entire novels before serialisation, Dickens often created the episodes as they were being serialized. English novelist. His novels are notable for their satirical humor and treatment of contemporary social problems, including the plight of the urban poor and the corruption and inefficiency of the legal system. Some of his most well-known novels include Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations.



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1. The ** ROMANTICISM ** emphasized the feelings, emotion, and imagination of the individual artist or writer. 2. Many romantic writers in England lived during the early ** 1800S **, and they often expressed a horror of the conditions they saw. 3. Romantics loved to think about past ages, especially ** MEDIEVAL ** times. 4. The exotic and ** UNFAMILIAR ** also attracted many romantics. 5. Chilling examples of romantic literature are Mary Shelley’s ** FRANKENSTEIN ** in Britain and Edgar Allen Poe’s short stories of horror in the United States. 6. ** WILLIAM BLAKE ** and other romantic poets believed science had reduced nature to a cold object of study. 7. Romantic artists believed art was a reflection of the artist’s inner ** FEELINGS **. 8. Romantic trends also dominated ** MUSIC ** the first half of the nineteenth century. 9. ** BEETHOVEN ** said, “I must write, for what weighs on my heart, I must express!” 10. In biology, Frenchman Louis Pasteur proposed the ** GERM ** theory of disease. 11. In Great Britain, Michael Faraday put together a primitive generator that laid the foundation for the use of 12. Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, a theory that each kind of plant and animal had ** EVOLVED ** over a long period of time. 13. Darwin’s ideas raised a storm of ** CONTROVERSY **. 14. Literary realists wanted to write about ** ORDINARY ** characters from actual life rather than romantic heroes in exotic settings.
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