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    Romantic Intellectuals? Discuss 5 Romantic era Intellectuals and examine their lives, beliefs, and works. The Romanticism Era had a lot of intellectuals. These intellectuals had a common set of characteristics. Here is a list of the Characteristics of these intellectuals. Most had roots in Germany, the had emphasis on emotions and sentiment, not reason or logic. They also believed that you dealt with inner forces rather than external events or material objects-interest in the supernatural, nature

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    and their messages) Lord Byron, a generation two romantic poet who left an extremely prominent mark in history. Along with his immense talent in poetry, he was also known for his extreme interest in women. Clara Drummond, a romantics biographer explains, “Byron had many lovers, and most biographers agree that he had relations with over 1,000 woman.” Aside from his immoral activities his poetry is heavily influenced by Nature, as are most of the romantics poets. Lord Byron explains three messages

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    The poem, “Apostrophe to the Ocean” written by George Gordon Byron expresses his love for the ocean and nature through numerous different writing styles and techniques. The poem is dedicated to the mighty ocean, and the main subject of this poem is about humans versus nature. Byron’s view of humans versus nature is revealed through his belief that the power of nature is inseparable and that it is greater than any human or civilization. Bryon depicts his love for the ocean through, literary techniques

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    Cultural History: The 19th Century, VL, given by Professor Barbara Schaff, the essay discusses the historical background of the 19th-century Britain, the definition of Romanticism as a literary movement, the biography of Percy. B Shelley and George G.N Byron, who have a massive impact on Mary Shelley´s Frankenstein, and the literary aspects of Frankenstein (1818). Britain is put into a historical context during the first lecture. During

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    Beauty is often the most lethal poison. It intoxicates both the beholder and the beheld. Humans are raised into a society that instills certain standards of elegance and beauty. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the woes and misery of the monster is brought to the readers’ attention as humans constantly berate and abuse the creature for it’s hideous body. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein discusses the advantages and the detriments that an alluring versus unappealing body provides a person, and how that

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    Frankenstein is a science fiction novel written by Mary Shelley in 1816 when she was only nineteen years old. This is a story of a science student, Victor Frankenstein, who creates a plan to recreate a dead body during one of his experiments. This monster turns out to be a trouble for Victor. The monster is portrayed as a living being with all the feelings and emotions, and his appearance of a monster was a big problem when he felt that people feared him and they may hate him. In 1997, Naomi Hetherington

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    Throughout history, humans have been fascinated the inherent bond that exists between ourselves and Nature. During the eighteenth century, known also as “the Reformation” period, there was a push in European society towards science and reason being the epicenter of culture. During this time, Alexander Pope wrote the poem ‘Essay on Man’ which was intended to be an outline of perennial, universal truths. The emphasis was primarily on the nature of reason rather than Nature itself. After this time period

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    In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, most people view the monster created by Frankenstein in his attempts to bring inanimate objects to life as the villain; after all, he kills numerous people in cold blood. However, the monster is much more than a static, evil character; he is initially compassionate and has good intentions and kills people out of anger and resentment from the fact that he will never fit in to society. The monster’s character arc in the novel emphasizes two important themes: first, that

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    The Romantic era, which originated in the 18th century, was a movement which sought to explore and return to human feelings. It also opposed the enlightenment movement, which sought reason and rationality, due that it found it cold and emotionless. Romanticism became one of the greatest periods of literature, but despite what one may think not all of it novels were about love or romance. Indeed, many of their period greatest writings were also about tragedy or drama, like “the rime of the ancient

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    Although some critics view Victor Frankenstein as a Tragic Hero because of his one essential flaw, his overambitious desire to discover what cannot be known, he is truly a Byronic Hero by definition. Although Victor is of a higher social class than the average person and his essential flaw triumphs all of his others, he has a deeply troubled past, struggles with integrity, secludes himself away from society, and is a willful individual who seeks redemption by carving out his own path. Victor’s many

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