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    Romanticism portrays three traits one of which is emotion, it is through the writing that the reader can sense the strong emotion. Mary Shelley in her novel Frankenstein shows how writers of her time use characters to display the traits of romanticism especially emotion. The protagonist a creature whom he is unhappy with and his unique story is told through Robert Walton’s letters to his sister Margret. In Frankenstein emotion plays a role in the storyline of Victor and his regret, The Creature and

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    poet “Shakespeare”. Keats portrayed the characteristic world with accuracy and consideration. He was the poet of sense and their delight. His odes are most heart touching. He used nature as a gadget. Nature vs Culture is the number one rule of romanticism. In “ode To Autumn” john Keats felt like autumn is his season. In this lyric Keats depicts the season of Autumn. It is the season of the fog and in this season products of the soil are matured on the joint effort with the Sun.There are fruit trees

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    St. Agnes Romanticism

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    Romanticism refers to a cultural, literary, philosophical and artistic era during the mid to late 18th century in response to the Enlightenment ideals. Romantics favoured more emotional themes which influenced romantic poetry. The Eve of St. Agnes written by John Keats is one such poem to come out of this era and it is clearly evident that Keats uses a number of different words and phrases in this poem that display his romantic ideals and that have certain significance within the poem itself. This

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    “To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts.” – Charles Bauldaire. Romanticism is a type of style of writing in fine arts and literature that focuses on passion imagination and intuition rather than emphasizing on reason and logic. There are no restraints or order in Romanticism; complete spontaneous actions are welcome in this style of writing. Romanticism, or also known

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    becoming more readily available to the public eye. The emergence of Romanticism in Nineteenth Century British Literature evoked in its authors a sense of duty to depict the exploitation of the subjugated through their works. They thought that the rationalist mentalities of the Enlightenment were no longer supported within a new revolutionized society, thus, they hoped to guide this new, evolving world, with sense and sensibility. Romanticism is an international movement that swept across Europe at the

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    contrasted with the serenity of the natural world as portrayed in the novel Frankenstein give the novel a clearly romantic message that preaches about the importance of the Earth’s natural aspect. Romanticism is a philosophy that was incredibly popular at the turn of the 19th century. In art, romanticism is defined by the awesome power of nature, so much so that a common feature of romantic paintings of the era was

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    Romanticism and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Romanticism is a philosophy that has played an important role in the development of western culture. This philosophy also had a great effect on Marry Shelly's famous novel, "Frankenstein". Though it is easy to find its influence in the story, it is unclear whether or not Marry Shelly supported the movement.. Marry Shelly lived through the height of romantic belief. In 1797, when Shelly was born, there had already been several decades for the

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    not know is there are other categories in literature. Two of them are Romanticism and Transcendentalism. There are many similarities and differences between Romanticism and Transcendentalism. Dark Romanticism is a subcategory of Romanticism. It is quite similar to its parent type but has a darker perspective. Romanticism and Transcendentalism are as similar as they are different. There are many similarities between Romanticism and Transcendentalism. One of the similarities between the groups is

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    Romanticism is a term which is difficult to define. According to Marilyn Butler “English Romanticism is impossible to define with historical precision because the term itself is historically unsound. It is now applied to English writers of the first quarter of the nineteenth century, who did not think of themselves as Romantics. Instead they divided themselves by literary precept and by ideology into several distinct groups, dubbed by their opponents "Lakeists," "Cockneys," Satanists," Scotsmen”

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    romantic literature possesses unique characteristics, and Romantic literature has made an impact on American culture. First, Romantic literature can be defined in several ways. Romanticism was a unique movement that began in Europe at the end of the 18th century. Romanticism brought new ideas to every aspect of literature. Romanticism could be called “The Age of Imagination”. The movement emphasized nature rather than government, as well as intense emotion

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