Dark Romantics

All of the following are elements of Dark Romanticism except

• Creepy Symbolism

• Sin

• Horrific Themes

• The Psychological effect of guilt or sin

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To a Dark Romantic a rose may be a symbol of

• hope

• love

• beauty

• loss

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Core beliefs of the Dark Romantics

• evil is everywhere

• humans have the potential for sin

• human nature has a dark side

• all of the above

Gothic literature:

• explores the human capacity for evil

• has an attitude toward nature, humanity and society emphasizing freedom

• is a philosophy which holds truth can be found through intuition better than reason

• has authors representing social conditions as they are without idealization

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Edgar Allen Poe was a transcendentalist.

• True

• False

The Dark Romantic literature in this period is also known as Gothic literature.

• True

• False

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Which of the following is an element of Gothic fiction

• Confusing story lines

• Heightened vocabulary

• Supernatural events

• Symbolism

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Gothic literature was also called...

• Joyful romanticism

• Dark romanticism

• Sad romanticism

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Gothic literature was associated with ...

• the Enlightenment

• Romanticism

• Realism

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Gothic litterature is often associated with ... :

• reason

• imagination

• feelings

• objectivity

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