The similarities of Dark Romanticism, and Transcendentalism are that they both contain the idea of individualism. They show self-expression, and that you should rely on yourself. The differences that they had were even greater though. The transcendentalists had a strong belief that no matter how evil you were you there would still be some good left in you. While the dark romanticism believed that no matter how good you were there would still be some evil in you somewhere. Also transcendentalism believed in nonconformity, the value of being spiritual over material, and putting emotions over reason. The dark romanticism believed in a lot of the same things too, but instead they didn't just focus on the good. Instead they focused on both the good
