Compare And Contrast Realism And Dark Romanticism

American Literature began with the first real Americans, Native Americans. Native Americans told myths that were passed down for generations, often with morals and lessons, told in a mythical, magical style. Puritans shortly followed writing in plain style, often writing of their faith, as well. The Romantics period began in the 1800’s. Romantics wrote in an artistic fashion, drawling things out longer than necessary, and painting a vivid image with all of their details. Dark Romantics, a part of Romantics, was written very similar but was, as the title says, dark. The Dark Romantics wrote of death and despair, things that were saddening and morbid. Realism evolved in 1914, drastically different than the Romantics, Realists wrote about how things actually happened. Realists didn’t care to have “Happily ever after” endings; they told how things actually ending and it wasn’t always good. Modernist broke out of their typical writing styles and what they were comfortable with to start doing their own writing styles. Modernists changed to individualism of writing …show more content…
The woman spends some time thinking about how she will wisely spend her money, but when she goes shopping her plan changes. The woman then begins to pamper herself and buy things she wants instead of things she needs, like she had planned. While spending her money the woman begins to remember how at one time she was pampered like this regularly. The story leads you to believe the woman is single and raising a few kids on her own, possibly lost her husband which could explain going from a pampered lifestyle to a struggling. This story can possibly relate to Kate Chopin’s real life experience. Kate’s story is not about the expected life of a woman, but it is about a real life scenario that happens to women. Feminism is a big thing in America and Chopin displays her feminist view’s in several of her