Emotionalism in Romanticism is valued because it pushes forward the importance of individualism, change generated from emotion rather than fact, and bringing society together on account of personal, however, still shared opinions, judgments, mind states, and views. This will be examined in the impending paragraphs first interpreting what emotiontionalism is. Then based off connections made from the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the conclusion of what emotionalism is will be proven through the following points; emotionalism brings people together to support a cause they all believe in, withholding emotions is unwise and prevents change, and if the beneficial power of emotions to establish change isn’t used, and the individual is in a
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Emotionalism in Romanticism is going from being close minded to a more open state of mind, it’s the idea of being an individual and having personal thoughts, judgments, feelings, etc. Emotionalism helps reconstruct society and it’s differences to assist in bringing people together. “Romantics like to think of themselves as unique individuals who have the strength of character to go against the flow.” (Cotterill, Thomas). This quote explains how emotionalism plays a key role in changing society and encourages thought against fact and scientific knowledge along with creating change based on how people feel. Imagination, along with individualism, also plays a pivotal role in emotionalism. “Imagination was a superior kind of reason, a power to discover basic or general unifying truths in philosophy, or on the higher levels of scientific or mathematical speculation.”(Bernbaum 323) This quote explains how Romantics admired deeper thinking over fact and value/support ideas of development generated from emotion. Therefore Emotionalism in Romanticism is valued because it pushes forward the importance of individualism, change generated from emotion rather than fact, and bringing society together on account of personal, however, still shared opinions, judgments, mind states, and views. This conclusion will be proven in the following …show more content…
This is because withholding emotions is unwise and prevents change. An example of this in the play Hamlet is when Hamlet keeps his feelings to himself and neglects to share what was on his mind prior to going mad. “O God! O God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!”(Shakespeare 1.2.131-134). This quote is a section of a soliloquy spoken by Hamlet discussing how the tragedies that had happened have given him reason to no longer value life (i.e his father dying). If Hamlet had been more willing to share his feelings about what was going on in his life there is the possibility he could have been able to deal with his emotions, and prevented falling into an unstable mind state. Another positive conclusion that could have been made possible if Hamlet had shared his emotions is he could have taken better action and gathered his own group of followers that also shared the belief Claudius had no right to the throne and overtook him. Another example of how it’s unwise to withhold emotions in Hamlet is Ophelia. Ophelia in the play is stuck having to obey her father and forced to withhold her feelings. “I shall obey, my lord.”(Shakespeare 1.4.136). If during the time period the play was set women were able to speak more
Emotionalism in Romanticism is going from being close minded to a more open state of mind, it’s the idea of being an individual and having personal thoughts, judgments, feelings, etc. Emotionalism helps reconstruct society and it’s differences to assist in bringing people together. “Romantics like to think of themselves as unique individuals who have the strength of character to go against the flow.” (Cotterill, Thomas). This quote explains how emotionalism plays a key role in changing society and encourages thought against fact and scientific knowledge along with creating change based on how people feel. Imagination, along with individualism, also plays a pivotal role in emotionalism. “Imagination was a superior kind of reason, a power to discover basic or general unifying truths in philosophy, or on the higher levels of scientific or mathematical speculation.”(Bernbaum 323) This quote explains how Romantics admired deeper thinking over fact and value/support ideas of development generated from emotion. Therefore Emotionalism in Romanticism is valued because it pushes forward the importance of individualism, change generated from emotion rather than fact, and bringing society together on account of personal, however, still shared opinions, judgments, mind states, and views. This conclusion will be proven in the following …show more content…
This is because withholding emotions is unwise and prevents change. An example of this in the play Hamlet is when Hamlet keeps his feelings to himself and neglects to share what was on his mind prior to going mad. “O God! O God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!”(Shakespeare 1.2.131-134). This quote is a section of a soliloquy spoken by Hamlet discussing how the tragedies that had happened have given him reason to no longer value life (i.e his father dying). If Hamlet had been more willing to share his feelings about what was going on in his life there is the possibility he could have been able to deal with his emotions, and prevented falling into an unstable mind state. Another positive conclusion that could have been made possible if Hamlet had shared his emotions is he could have taken better action and gathered his own group of followers that also shared the belief Claudius had no right to the throne and overtook him. Another example of how it’s unwise to withhold emotions in Hamlet is Ophelia. Ophelia in the play is stuck having to obey her father and forced to withhold her feelings. “I shall obey, my lord.”(Shakespeare 1.4.136). If during the time period the play was set women were able to speak more