Approaches to Literature 2017/3/1(Week3)

Human resources	Human resources are the people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, or economy. "Human capital" is sometimes used synonymously with "human resources", although human capital typically refers to a more narrow view (i.e., the knowledge the individuals embody and economic growth). Likewise, other terms sometimes used include "manpower", "talent", "labour", "personnel", or simply "people".
The Scarlet Letter	A Romance is an 1850 work of fiction in a historical setting, written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The book is considered to be his "masterwork". Set in 17th-century Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony, during the years 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.
Roman Fever	Roman Fever is a short story by American writer Edith Wharton. It was first published in the magazine Liberty in 1934, and was later included in Wharton's last short-story collection, The World Over.
Catharsis	Catharsis is the purification and purgation of emotions—especially pity and fear—through art or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration.It is a metaphor originally used by Aristotle in the Poetics, comparing the effects of tragedy on the mind of a spectator to the effect of a cathartic on the body.
John Keats	John Keats was an English Romantic poet. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, despite his work's having been in publication for only four years before his death. Although his poems were not generally well received by critics during his lifetime, his reputation grew after his death, and by the end of the 19th century, he had become one of the most beloved of all English poets. He had a significant influence on a diverse range of poets and writers.

✱Roman numerals

✫Roman numerals are based on seven symbols.

symbol	I	V	X	L	C	D	M
value	1	5	10	50	100	500	1000

✫The numbers 1 to 10 are usually expressed in Roman numerals as follows

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X

✫Don’t need to remember all the Roman numerals. Only need to follow some rules

Example:

⭐I placed before V or X indicates one less, so four is IV and nine is IX.

⭐X placed before L or C indicates ten less, so forty is XL and ninety is XC.
⭐C placed before D or M indicates a hundred less, so four hundred is CD and nine hundred is CM.

number	4	9	40	90	400	900
notation	IV	IX	XL	XC	CD	CM

✫Roman numerals’ chart: 

 

✫Roman numerals use in clock: