Dark Romantics Journal Entry Dark Romantic writers wrote with horrific themes and symbols to express their dislike for the state of the nation. Slavery was ending with ferocity and industrialization was charging forward and polluting the country. The use of darkness in the texts that were written during this time period shows what the American dreamers were up against. The terrifying symbols and upsetting themes directly connected to the darkness in the country at the time of the Dark Romantics. Works surged during 1840-1860, a time period referred to as the American Literary Renaissance. Dark Romantic Writers communicate The American Dream in an unconventional manner. They make use of darkness as a symbol of the negativity in the nation, and show how it can be conquered. Also, there is freedom in expressing terrifying stories, with different morals than the country was used to at this time.
In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Hester’s opposition and the judgment she faces as a symbol for the darkness in the world. Hester’s morals, however, don’t allow her to be constricted by this darkness. She rises above her society and finds her own freedom. …show more content…
Although the world around them was constantly changing for the worse, they found their own freedoms in writing. Dark romantic writers had their own set of morals. The Dark Romantics expressed their freedom by writing about terrifying stories, which were new and shocking for the nation. These contradicted the morals fixed in the nation during this time. Although many people wouldn’t have the stomach to create the stories told by Dark Romantic writers, authors like Poe freely created horrific tales to cope with their grief over the national crises. Dark Romantics explored the mind and the human psyche, the psychological effects of guilt and sin, and included a great deal of creepy symbols and themes in their
In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Hester’s opposition and the judgment she faces as a symbol for the darkness in the world. Hester’s morals, however, don’t allow her to be constricted by this darkness. She rises above her society and finds her own freedom. …show more content…
Although the world around them was constantly changing for the worse, they found their own freedoms in writing. Dark romantic writers had their own set of morals. The Dark Romantics expressed their freedom by writing about terrifying stories, which were new and shocking for the nation. These contradicted the morals fixed in the nation during this time. Although many people wouldn’t have the stomach to create the stories told by Dark Romantic writers, authors like Poe freely created horrific tales to cope with their grief over the national crises. Dark Romantics explored the mind and the human psyche, the psychological effects of guilt and sin, and included a great deal of creepy symbols and themes in their