EPQ

EPQ

1. Origins

   • Age of Enlightenment
     • Religious Crisis
     • Stressed morality
     • Taking control
   • Industrial Revolution
   • Ancient Greece
   • New Discoveries
   • Revolutions
     • American
     • French
   • Breaking from traditional beliefs
     • Marxism?
     • Questioning the patriarchy?
     • Anti-christian beliefs?

2. Characteristics

   • What made the texts relatable
     • Poverty?
   • Freedom
   • Love
   • Individuality
   • Importance of imagination
   • Darker side of emotions

3. Frankenstein

   • The real monster of society?
   • Science?
     • Experiment with electricity
   • Obssession
   • "Year of no summer"
   • Hubris

4. Prometheus

   • Fear of the future?
   • Living in the past
   • Greek Myths
     • Significance of Prometheus

5. Ode to a Nightingale

   • Inhibiting freedom
   • Lack of visibilty
     • Overpopulation?
     • Invisible masses?

6. Impact of the Romantics

   • More political freedom
   • Higher importance of the individual
   • 1960s renewed romanticism
     • Rebellion
   • Shift of thought