Dark Romanticism (Callie, Alex, Zack, Jared)

What did the Dark Romantics believe in?

• They believe that humans were purely good and had no evil in them

• Believed that humans were far from perfect and were just as evil as they were good.

• Believed that religion was the only thing you were supposed to practice.

• Believed that humans were only evil and had no good in them.

Dark Romantics saw the world as dark, decaying and mysterious.

• True

• False

Main Author of Dark Romanticism

• Walt Whitman

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• William Bradford

What is gothic literature

• Celebrates the individual nature, imagination, and emotions

• Re-imagine the American past

• A style, tone, or genre that most people recognize through various names, images, or elements.

• Belief that society corrupts nature

What are elements of gothic romanticism (Select more than one)

• Byronic Heroes

• Grotesque figures

• Each person is inherently good

• Repressed fears and desires

What is a Byronic hero?

• a character who is proud, rebellious, attractive, and dangerous

• a character who is timid and humble

• a character who is very family oriented and doesn't do anything without their family

• a character who had committed murder but is now good

What is an indispensable feature

• a feature that doesn't go away

• a haunted spaces that reflects a haunted mind