Romanticism vs. Realism
Romanticism and Realism are entirely different. Romanticism is a movement that dominated literary, visual, and musical arts. It does not contribute to romance, it's main focus is ¨depicting emotional matter in imaginative form¨. Realism focus on ordinary people and their daily lives rather than supernatural, nationalism, heroism, and strange and faraway places, themes that characteristic the Romanticism literature. Romanticism and Realism are perfectly opposite each other like in ¨Masque of the Red Death¨ by Edgar Allen Poe,which is Romanticism and ¨To Build a Fire¨ by Jack London which is Realism. The main purpose of this essay is to prove the differences between the two gernes by comparing and contrasting the Plot,Characters,and Presentation of good and evil. …show more content…
He would be in camp by six o’clock that evening. It would a little after dark,but the boys would be there, a fire would be burning, and a hot supper would be ready. As he thought of lunch, he pressed his hand against the package under his jacket. It was also under his shirt, wrapped in a handkerchief, and lying for warmth against the naked skin. Otherwise, the bread would freeze. He smiled contentedly to himself as he thought of those pieces of bread, each of which enclosed a generous portion of cooked meat.” This states that he’s going to the cabin,but took the long trail to see the landscape of his new home, that he will be working for the rest of his life.
Second,the characters. From the “Masque of the Red Death”,Prince Prospero and the Red Death were the main characters in the story. In lines 9-12,”But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and lighthearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of
Romanticism and Realism are entirely different. Romanticism is a movement that dominated literary, visual, and musical arts. It does not contribute to romance, it's main focus is ¨depicting emotional matter in imaginative form¨. Realism focus on ordinary people and their daily lives rather than supernatural, nationalism, heroism, and strange and faraway places, themes that characteristic the Romanticism literature. Romanticism and Realism are perfectly opposite each other like in ¨Masque of the Red Death¨ by Edgar Allen Poe,which is Romanticism and ¨To Build a Fire¨ by Jack London which is Realism. The main purpose of this essay is to prove the differences between the two gernes by comparing and contrasting the Plot,Characters,and Presentation of good and evil. …show more content…
He would be in camp by six o’clock that evening. It would a little after dark,but the boys would be there, a fire would be burning, and a hot supper would be ready. As he thought of lunch, he pressed his hand against the package under his jacket. It was also under his shirt, wrapped in a handkerchief, and lying for warmth against the naked skin. Otherwise, the bread would freeze. He smiled contentedly to himself as he thought of those pieces of bread, each of which enclosed a generous portion of cooked meat.” This states that he’s going to the cabin,but took the long trail to see the landscape of his new home, that he will be working for the rest of his life.
Second,the characters. From the “Masque of the Red Death”,Prince Prospero and the Red Death were the main characters in the story. In lines 9-12,”But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and lighthearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of