ROMANTİC PERİOD

From now on we have studied two important era . Those are '' rationalism and romanticism'' .

Firstly I want to talk about 'Rationalism' . In this term everything based on reason , so reasons and scientific  tests gained importance . Actually using scientific tests were good but they forgot the importance of feeling. They took no notice to feeling , so they took no notice to poem . Almost all of the writer in this period wrote the prose . Thanks to scientific tests, essays , journals and this kind of prose gained importance. They thought that individual feeling were ridiculous . I think, some of the writers got bored and they fought against to the Rationalism . Therefore a new moment was born .

This new movement was called as 'Romanticism' . In contrast to the Rationalism , feelings , personal emotions and supernatural elements gained importance. At the same time, Poets in this period found the beauty of simple rural people. Wordsworth and Coleridge are a kind of leaders of this movement. Their works are the most beautiful examples of this period.

To sum up , Not only reasons but also feelings are important in literature . But to neglect feelings widely is ridiculous because feelings are quite important in literature .  

“O drug!” said I aloud, “what art thou good for? Thou art not worth to me, no, not the taking off of the ground; one of those knives is worth all this heap; I have no manner of use for thee; e’en remain where thou art and go to the bottom as a creature whose life is not worth saving.” However, upon second thoughts, I took it away. . . .

      In this quotation , the drugs mean money . Robinson Crusoe was all alone in this island . When he went to the ship, he found some thing that he need to him such as food, water ,weapon... By this way he found money ... But the last thing he need was ''money'' in this island because he did not have anything to buy this money or there was no shopping center .Therefore he noticed the knife was more useful for him than money . He could not use the money but with the help of money, he could protect himself , chop the fruit or some vegetables , anywhere else in the island. In his normal life 'money' was one of the important things ,but he saw the useless of money .

    Finally he took the money . Why did he take the money?  This question has a lot of answers . First of all, he had a hope to get rid of this island. If he got off there , he would have need this money . Perhaps this hope was the only thing to keep him alive during the years. Secondly ,  we can see how expedient person he was or how much importance he gave the money. He know that he did not need the money but he took it. This shows his expediency.

Robinson Crusoe

 

    

This week we talked about Robinson Crusoe  and we watched a movie about him.  

     The book has some differences from the movie. When we look at the movie it begins with a death and Robinson Crusoe is obliged to leave the country . He is married as a movie. However there is a different beginning in  the book. Robinson Crusoe lives with his parent. He has a dream '' voyage'' and to live some adventures . One day he has a chance  to voyage but there is storm and he gets seasick. Therefore he regrets and decides not to sail. However later he has a chance to sail again. This time he is taken as a slave and a couple years later he is able to escape from them. He is saved from a Portugal ship and he is brought to Brazil. However he loves the sea and he sails for trade of slave again . This is a milestone in his life because he has a accident in the sea and he finds himself in a island.

     He lives the island all alone for many years. One friday , cannibals come to this island. Robinson gets frighten them and except one of  them , they all leaves from the island. Robinson meets the cannibal, he calls him 'Friday' and introduce himself as 'Master '. This shows Robinson sees him as slave. He does not know the English so Robinson educates him and they become friend. I think purpose of Robinson in educating Friday is to establish a colony for England.

    Finally he is recovered this island . Although there are some differences with book , this story shows us not to lose our hope  .