How does setting influence a story? Setting is the place or surroundings where something takes place. Most people think the setting in the Romanticism period was all colorful and romantic, however, that is not completely accurate. Dark Romanticism is not colorful and romantic; it is more dark, supernatural, and mysterious. The setting of short stories in the Romanticism period often involved the use of nature. Nature helps to capture the feelings and thoughts of the reader. Nature opens up individual’s minds to imagination, which became a source of creativity and gave an artistic vision to writers. Romanticism differs from Dark Romanticism by the setting of the story; “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe is more of a Dark Romantic
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The setting in short stories of the Dark Romantics are usually in dark, creepy, and unknown places. Dark Romanticism uses symbols such as haunted houses to depict a dreary setting. Poe describes the House of Usher in a way that allows the reader to visualize it as a gloomy house that is falling apart: I looked upon the scene before me — upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain — upon the bleak walls — upon the vacant eye-like windows — upon a few rank sedges — and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees” (122). The description of the House of Usher Poe gives creates a dark and mysterious setting. The story also takes place in the fall, when the trees start to decay and the days become shorter. The House of Usher looks as if it is desolated, due to “bleak walls” and “vacant eye-like windows”. The house alone creates a very spooky atmosphere, proving it to be more of a Dark Romantic setting. This dark, gloomy, and supernatural setting in “The Fall of the House of Usher” is a characteristic of Dark Romanticism short stories. In contrast Romanticism short stories, the setting would be more of a color or peaceful characteristic. There is nothing colorful or peaceful about the setting of the House of Usher. Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” setting is Dark Romanticism, which is different than a setting in a Romanticism short
The setting in short stories of the Dark Romantics are usually in dark, creepy, and unknown places. Dark Romanticism uses symbols such as haunted houses to depict a dreary setting. Poe describes the House of Usher in a way that allows the reader to visualize it as a gloomy house that is falling apart: I looked upon the scene before me — upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain — upon the bleak walls — upon the vacant eye-like windows — upon a few rank sedges — and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees” (122). The description of the House of Usher Poe gives creates a dark and mysterious setting. The story also takes place in the fall, when the trees start to decay and the days become shorter. The House of Usher looks as if it is desolated, due to “bleak walls” and “vacant eye-like windows”. The house alone creates a very spooky atmosphere, proving it to be more of a Dark Romantic setting. This dark, gloomy, and supernatural setting in “The Fall of the House of Usher” is a characteristic of Dark Romanticism short stories. In contrast Romanticism short stories, the setting would be more of a color or peaceful characteristic. There is nothing colorful or peaceful about the setting of the House of Usher. Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” setting is Dark Romanticism, which is different than a setting in a Romanticism short