1. Matthew Arnold Considered by many to be one of the most modern of Victorian writers Felt that the industrial age in which he lived isolated individuals from each other

2. Was the voice for a generation of lost souls Pessimistic outlook toward life: “There is everything to be endured, nothing to be done” On his thirtieth birthday he commented that he felt “three parts iced over” He felt he was “wandering between two worlds, one dead/ the other powerless to be born.” Matthew Arnold

3. Felt that poetry must bring joy When he realized he no longer was achieving joy with his poetry, he turned to literary criticism Matthew Arnold

4. Matthew Arnold Most famous poem is “Dover Beach”

5. Kitty Genovese (age 29)

7. Murdered at 3:15 a.m. Less than 100 feet from her apartment

8. Stabbed twice

9. Left for over an hour on the street

10. Killer came back, raped her, stabbed her to death

11. Somewhere between 12 and 38 witnesses

12. No one called the police

13. “I didn’t want to get involved.”

14. One man turned up his radio so that he would not hear her screams.