Imagine the wonderful aroma of roses, birds chirping in lilac trees, romantic sweet sayings. This was known as the Romantic time period. Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "Self Reliance," is an American Romantic because it explores the philosophies of transcendentalism, and individualism. ... The Romantic period was a literary and intellectual movement. ... Does Emerson's essay "Self Reliance" represent the characteristics of the Romantic Period? ...

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During the Romantic period writers shared common themes which they used in their stories and poems. ... Many of the poems written during the Romantic period showed how nature is good and is in control. ... Most of the literature written during the Romantic period usually had more than one theme, and one of those themes would be how nature is related and treasured in people. ...

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The Great American Poets During the nineteenth century, many new authors blossomed in America. They strayed away from that of classical European literature, and instead created their own, unique form of literature. The most popular and greatly appreciated form of literature was poetry. America...

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Melville was pessimistic about the world like his other romantic writer peers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allen Poe. ... The pioneering spirit of Americans played a role in promoting the individualism that influenced the Romantic Movement. ... Imagination The Romantic period was very strong in Imagination. ... First American romantics, such as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, took this view as one of the four romantic values. ... This conforms with the Romantic desire to experience the Distant. ...

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It is the work of the American romantic writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... 'Rappaccini's Daughter' is a romantic work with romantic characteristics. ... That is why we are going to try to relate the symbols to the Romantic movement. ... Some of them aim to convey American romantic themes and features. ... However, for the romantics, science is not the only element related to corruption. ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne was an author during the Romantic Period and also the Industrial Revolution in the 1850s. Love stories were popular in the Romantic Period. ... The Romantic Period caused Hawthorne to put a pair of lovers in each other his stories. ...

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Romantics placed a higher emphasis on emotion than rationality; it prefers individual over society; it attacks and questions rules; it prefers nature over city; it sees human nature as superior to civilized humans; it sees children as essentially innocent, until corrupted by their surroundings. ... Some stories that were written during the romantic period were "Young Goodman Brown", "The Black Cat", "Dr. ...

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"The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" Romanticism supports the idea that feeling and intuition are more valuable than reason. This belief opposed all the main ideas of the thoughts that ruled the literary world for years before. Between 1800 and 1860, Romanticism's concepts were well shown through th...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne was an anti-transcendentalist and believed in the dark side of man, hence his dark romantic novel The Scarlet Letter. ... Furthermore the novel can be defined as a romantic novel by analyzing the characters Hester, Pearl, and Dimmesdale for their overall purpose to the story and the symbolism. ... Another romantic nature symbol is the forest, which symbolizes both safe and evil aspects. ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment". Hawthorne was a brooding Romantic whom was aware of the human capacity for evil. In the story, Dr. Heidegger invites "four venerable friends" over for an experiment. The lessons about human nature that he learned from the experiment...

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Sin In The Puritan Community Puritan was the name given in the 16th century to the more extreme Protestants with in the Church of England who thought that the English Reformation had not gone far enough in reforming the doctrines and structure of the church. The Puritans inquisitorially quested pe...

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Realism is a literary form of writing. It can be defined as "the faithful representation of reality" or "verisimilitude", which means genuineness or similarity. Realism also means a particular kind of subject matter, especially the portrayal of middle-class life. Studies of documented history an...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Works One of the most significant writers of the romantic period in American literature was Nathaniel Hawthorne. He was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts into an old Puritan family (Moore). Hawthorne's guilt of wrong committed by his Puritan ancestors was...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne One of the most significant writers of the romantic period in American literature was Nathaniel Hawthorne. He was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts into an old Puritan family (Moore). Hawthorne's guilt of wrong committed by his Puritan ancestors was paramount in...

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Many of Hawthorne's stories describe peoples' emotions in good detail. "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" is all about people and their emotions. The first part of the story describes each different character's life and how they have messed it up terribly. He lets you get to know the characters well on t...

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What meaning or purpose does a single letter have on a life? For instance the letter "A- could mean many things such as adulterous, able and angel as in Nathanial Hawthorne's romantic novel The Scarlet Letter. The letter so beautifully embroidered by a woman to remind her and the town's people of he...

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In The Scarlet Letter Hester is convicted for a crime she never committed. The only "crime" she commits is one that is based on the laws and morals of the Puritan society. Although adultery, in the eyes of Puritans, is seen as a horrendous crime, if it is out of love it contradicts the actual crime, which is to go against one's spouse as an act of spite. Hester follows her heart and so is therefore innocent of all sins. Hester never regrets what she did with Dimmesdale. ...

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Hawthorne's Portrayal of Puritanical Hypocrisy Throughout time, there have been many great American novelists and short story writers. To some, Nathaniel Hawthorne has earned both of these titles. From writing several successful novels, and many short stories, Hawthorne has introduced the way of...

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The Scarlet Letter is a book revealing lives of sin, social identity, and humanity. The story displays some of the darkest elements of the human soul: guilt, revenge, and evil. With its complex, emotional plot and its rich symbolism, this masterpiece has become a highly prized classic in American literature. The book opens with a chapter called "The Custom House," in which the narrator of the book writes a long description recalling his days as the chief executive officer of the Customs House in Salem, Massachusetts. He describes the customs house as a run-down, half-finished building locat...

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A dominant theme in this series is "the belief in the supernatural [as being] part of the human soul..."24 These books are romantic, realistic, and supposedly written by various vampires to the mortal world. ...

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