Romanticism Vs Transcendentalism

Romanticism is defined as “a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual. “ (Merriam-Webster 2015). Romanticism is the roots of Dark Romanticism and Transcendentalism. Dark Romanticism is a style that consist of dark emotions. While, transcendentalism is a style that varies between religion and spirituality. Edgar Allen Poe is a Dark Romantics and Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau a Transcendentalist. Although these two types of styles deal with the same type of elements. Three of the elements they both have in common is formal language, outcast, and gaps in causality. Although, there are minor similarities between Dark Romanticism …show more content…
In both of these text they both include the element formal language. In the essay “From Nature” Emerson uses words such as “ tranquil, connate, blithe, and perennial. “ Poe uses words such as “ pestilence, profuse, improvisatori, and furnaces. “ Both of these authors use formal language to get there point across. By using bigger words it allows them to really express their feelings and to get rid of any confusion. Also, both authors in the same text use the element of outcast. For example, in the essay “From Nature” the first line says “ To go into solitude, “ This allows the reader to realize that the character is going to be an outcast throughout the essay. In the short story “The Masque of The Red Death”, all of the characters are an outcast because they are locked in a castle having a good time and staying away from society because of the red …show more content…
Edgar Allen Poe is the author of the short story “The Masque of The Red Death”, and Ralph Waldo Emerson is the author of the essay “From Nature” Both of the text incorporate the element formal language but the authors do not use them for the same exact reason. Poe uses Formal language to show off and to show how he’s higher than others and Emerson uses formal language to educate the reader. Furthermore, both of those authors include the element outcast. Although they include the same element they did not use the element the same. For example, In the The Masque of The Red Death there is more than one person and they are choosing to be an outcast. This may leave a reader to wondering how a group of people are truly an outcast. In the essay “From Nature” there is one character who is removing himself from society and being by himself, rather than being in a group of outcasters. Moreover, Henry David Thoreau is the author of “From Resistance to Civil Government” and Edgar Allen Poe is the author of the short story “The Masque of The Red Death”. Both of these authors use the element gaps in causality differently. In “The Masque of The Red Death” the gap and causality is the main point of the story and the reader needs to know that the disease is a gap and causality in order to understand. On the other hand, in “From Resistance to Civil Government” the gap and causality is minor because