The Romantic Period was an artistic, literary movement that started in Europe at the end of the 18th century. The Romantic movement was partly a reaction to the industrial revolution that dominated at that time; it was also a revolt against aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment and reaction against the scientific rationalization of nature.
After a grueling revolutionary war, America finally gained its independence from the great British Empire. Nevertheless, Americans have grown dependent on the British throughout the many years of colonization. It was at this dire times that Romanticism reached America. Indeed, Romanticism fell onto fertile land; as Americans were in a phase of national expansion, discovering …show more content…
The story is about the whaling ship Pequod and its “ungodly, god-like man, Captain Ahab, whose obsessive quest for the white whale Moby-Dick leads the ship and its men to destruction. In the novel, Melville challenges Emerson optimistic idea that humans can understand nature. Herman believes that nature is mysterious and inscrutable, and as opposed to what Emerson believes, we can never comprehend it. He sees nature as something both beautiful and cruel. That nature is and forever will be unstable and untamed. Melville brilliantly shows us, giving captain Ahab's death as an example, that whenever we attempt to tame and defy nature; our attempts will always be met with …show more content…
It shall come as no surprise, then, that most of his stories and poems are gloomy and macabre. His characters never seem to work or socialize, instead, they choose to stay in the dark preferring their own company. Poe deliberately created intriguing and strange settings. In fact, he believed that strangeness is a vital ingredient of beauty. Poe has produced many works that are still popular today. Nevertheless, Poe is widely acclaimed and remembered for writing one of the most renown poems in the English language, The Raven (1845). The poem is about a narrator, whose name is not mentioned, lamenting the loss of his lover, Lenore, when he is suddenly interpreted by an unexpected and an unusual visitor. The visitor that disturbed the grief of the narrator is revealed to be a raven, a bird that eats dead flesh. The narrator is aghast when he realizes that the bird can speak. He, then, both confused and amazed, starts showering the ebony bird with questions. His confusion only grows stronger when he realizes that the bird has only one reply, ”Nevermore” which it keeps on repeating throughout the poem. The poem is a reflection of the themes that interested Poe during his lifetime; themes such as death, sorrow and the nature of the
After a grueling revolutionary war, America finally gained its independence from the great British Empire. Nevertheless, Americans have grown dependent on the British throughout the many years of colonization. It was at this dire times that Romanticism reached America. Indeed, Romanticism fell onto fertile land; as Americans were in a phase of national expansion, discovering …show more content…
The story is about the whaling ship Pequod and its “ungodly, god-like man, Captain Ahab, whose obsessive quest for the white whale Moby-Dick leads the ship and its men to destruction. In the novel, Melville challenges Emerson optimistic idea that humans can understand nature. Herman believes that nature is mysterious and inscrutable, and as opposed to what Emerson believes, we can never comprehend it. He sees nature as something both beautiful and cruel. That nature is and forever will be unstable and untamed. Melville brilliantly shows us, giving captain Ahab's death as an example, that whenever we attempt to tame and defy nature; our attempts will always be met with …show more content…
It shall come as no surprise, then, that most of his stories and poems are gloomy and macabre. His characters never seem to work or socialize, instead, they choose to stay in the dark preferring their own company. Poe deliberately created intriguing and strange settings. In fact, he believed that strangeness is a vital ingredient of beauty. Poe has produced many works that are still popular today. Nevertheless, Poe is widely acclaimed and remembered for writing one of the most renown poems in the English language, The Raven (1845). The poem is about a narrator, whose name is not mentioned, lamenting the loss of his lover, Lenore, when he is suddenly interpreted by an unexpected and an unusual visitor. The visitor that disturbed the grief of the narrator is revealed to be a raven, a bird that eats dead flesh. The narrator is aghast when he realizes that the bird can speak. He, then, both confused and amazed, starts showering the ebony bird with questions. His confusion only grows stronger when he realizes that the bird has only one reply, ”Nevermore” which it keeps on repeating throughout the poem. The poem is a reflection of the themes that interested Poe during his lifetime; themes such as death, sorrow and the nature of the