Romanticism And Transcendentalism

The period of Transcendentalist and Romanticism started in 1800 and ended in 1880. Romanticism is a way to thinking that was a literary and philosophical movement that moved beyond its experiences and understanding. It also focuses on emotions, imagination, mystery, and spirituality. Transcendentalist is a movement that moves beyond its experiences and understanding. It also focuses on the goodness of humankind and materialism. There have been poems, books, and essays written about the transcendentalist. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the founder and father of the Transcendentalist. He was also the creator of literary works. He wrote poems and essays based on transcendentalist. On the other hand, dark romantics wrote about psychological guilt and

He uses transcendentalist concepts in essays like “Self-Reliance”. His essay “Self-Reliance” focuses on how we should be in touch with God, nature, and our inner selves. It also tells us to trust one inner prompting. Ralph stated, “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string” (Byam and Levine 550). This quote is transcendentalist because it is to help understand the importance of individuality. It also helps to not trust others just believe in yourself. The will of a human is important because people need to trust the intuition and the integrity of it. His poem also focused on intuition which is to understand something from an instinctive feeling than a consciousness reasoning. Emerson stated, “In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts” (Baym and Levine 551). He suggests that because people should learn their intuitions because they are worth even more. The essay themes were good vs. evil. It was from good to evil because he referred his impulses to his friends from good to evil. Emerson stated, “But these impulses may be from below, not from above” (Baym and Levine 551). He suggests that because the impulses did not seem to be such and that if he was the devil’s child then he will live from the devil (Baym and Levine 551). Emerson style of writing is very

His poem The Tell-Tale Heart explains how a man commits murder of an old man and is imagining the beating of a dead man heart. He murders the old man because of the symbol of the old man eye which is guilt and sin. Poe poem also indicates how the madman mind may believe that the heart is true, but the heart holds the truth despite what the mind may believe. The theme of his poem is good vs. evil because the narrator was obsessed with the eye. The dark romantics believed that the people were naturally evil which is shown by the man’s obsession. The man obsession led to a breakdown where he began to confess to the police. In the poem of The Tell-Tale Heart, He stated, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed” (Byam and Levine 718). He suggests that because he thought the police were playing games with him, but the noise was getting louder, and he thought that they heard the noise. So basically, the narrator is caught by his nervousness and guiltiness. Poe style of writing in The Tell-Tale Heart is the elements of Gothic. Gothic is horror, death, and fear. He uses scattered, confuse tone of the poem. His writing in the poem helps the reader to understand the deeper meaning. He places the words and phrases to draw attention to the reader. It is suspenseful and produces intense