In the nineteenth century, individuality, personal growth, and imagination characterized the period of Romanticism. Writers of this period searched within their own souls for truth and expression. One subgenre of this time period was Transcendentalism. Transcendentalists believed that nature was the closest you could get to God and that people were born good. When Transcendentalism emerged, many people disagreed with the optimism of the Transcendentalists and these people believed more in the darkness and evilness of humanity. These people came to be known as Dark Romantics. Dark Romanticism was seen in some authors’ poems and stories, such as Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell- Tale Heart” and “The Raven” and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter and “The Minister’s Black Veil.” These writers’ works contrast with the prospect of Romantic writer Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden.” The Dark Romantics wanted the darkness of the people in their time period be documented as well as the optimism and positivity of the people in their time period. Edgar Allan Poe was an all-around Dark Romantic. All of his writings showed the dark minds and the twisted psychology of the people in his time period. “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe projects the darkness of the people’s minds that peers into this period. “…Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!” (Poe 286). The poem had the essence of a desolate man with no hope for happiness. In such loneliness and despair, the narrator’s own mind drives him mad. He is believed to be talking to a raven that repeats “nevermore” to every question. The more questions the narrator asks, the more twisted the raven’s answer becomes. This sh... ... middle of paper ... ..., Age of Reason,nd Romanticism reflect times of darkness in humanity. Throughout the Puritan era, there existed a very strong darkness among the belief of the Puritans that God was a vengeful and provoked being. Dark Romanticism contrasted with the Age of Reason due to the rational thinking of this time when people rarely relied on emotion, and rather relied on intellect and logic. The period of Romanticism brought on the subgenre of Dark Romanticism which really emphasized the darkness of the preceding time periods. Darkness in literature was present since the first literary period of Puritanism, but it was not greatly emphasized and brought into its own genre until the Romanticism time period. Dark Romanticism is greatly used today in many novels, poems, short stories, and even movies. Although it may not be apparent, the darkness is peering through all around us.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that individuality, personal growth, and imagination characterized the period of romanticism. transcendentalists believed that nature was the closest you could get to god and that people were born good.
- Analyzes how edgar allan poe was an all-around dark romantic, showing the dark minds and twisted psychology of people in his time period.
- Analyzes how thoreau's works reflect his love of individuality, intellect, and the ultimate source of wisdom, nature.
- Concludes that the three literary time periods puritanism, age of reason, and romanticism reflect times of darkness in humanity.
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- Explains that edgar allan poe was born in boston, massachusetts on the 19th day of january, 1809. his father leaves the family shortly after his birth, and his mother dies shortly before his third birthday.
- Analyzes how edgar allan poe's infamous poem, the raven, is melancholy and captivates readers with well-written cadence. the raven symbolizes grief over the loss of a woman he loves.
- Narrates how edgar allan poe whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "lenore."
- Analyzes how the poem is proof of an internal breakdown in and of itself by the speaker.
- Analyzes how the tell-tale heart shows more of poe's gruesome literature. the narrator in the tale has murdered an older man that was living with him.
- Analyzes how poe's third piece, the cask of amontillado, reflects revenge throughout the story. the narrator is the antagonist and seeks revenge against another character.
- Explains that edgar allan poe was one of the most influential writers in american literature. he was known for his dark minded thoughts, manic depression, and alcoholic tendencies.
- Cites bloom, harold, ed. edgar allan poe, classic critical views, and bloom's major short story writers.
- Explains sova, dawn b., "the cask of amontillado." critical companion to edgar allan poe: a literary reference to his life and work.
- Cites bloom, harold, ed. edgar allan poe, classic critical views.
- Explains bloom's literature. facts on file, inc. web. 7 may 2014.
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- Analyzes how edgar allen poe depicted dark romantic characteristics in his work. his vague style of writing helped him signify the main character's mental state.
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- Explains that romanticism is a revolt against rationalism. the poets and authors of this time wrote about god, religion, and beauty in nature.
- Analyzes how the poem inscription for the entrance to a woods shows how nature is the answer to man's problems.
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- Analyzes how "the oval portrait" illustrates the flaws of the human who only focuses on painting.
- Analyzes how nathaniel hawthorne shows the flaws of the three men and a woman in "dr. heidegger's experiment".
- Analyzes how "the oval portrait" and "dr. heidegger's experiment" depict human selfishness which leads humans to lose what is actually most valuable.
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- Analyzes how poe recurred to personification to give human qualities to the raven. ravnes are uncapable of talking from their soul, so giving them a soul is personification.
- Analyzes how the raven perched on a bust of pallas to remind the narrator that death is the ultimate finale.
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- Analyzes how romanticism was widely accepted by the poets and novelists in the united states during the american renaissance. frankenstein illustrates the eighteenth century's idea of creativity as the invention of something entirely new advances knowledge rather than repeats tradition.
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- Analyzes edgar allan poe's poem "the raven" about grief, sadness, and depression. he is writing about a young girl named lenore.
- Analyzes how the natural bitterness of the sonnet is set up from the earliest starting point, when the storyteller starts with a specific end goal to get his mindset off of lenore.
- Analyzes how murkiness speaks to the peril hiding all through the verse. the shadows, hopelessness, scariness encapsulate the setting and environment inside of the lyric.
- Analyzes how poe chose words that made disposition, such as "darkness", "fearing," "echo", and "nothing" to convey the despairing state of mind.
- Analyzes how edgar allan poe's poem is a point-by-point examination of depression and misery. there is not the slightest glimmer of hope at the poem’s ending.
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