Dark Romanticism...

I fall on the divide of being a transcendentalism because i do not think that people should just act like animals and not have respect for anyone else and just be plain evil. That's not the way anyone should be towards anyone else, and i don't think that I'm that way at all you should treat others the why you would like to be treated all the time even if you don't like the person still respect them up to the point they respect you.





I thought the story "The Masque of Red Death" One connection I noticed between Dark Romantic authors is their attention, detail and elaboration on the bizarre. In the Masque of the Red Death, the metaphors continue and I was analyzing different situations into meaningful symbols or ideas. One good example would be the description of the rooms."The seventh apartment was closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries that hung all over the ceiling and down the walls, falling in heavy folds upon a carpet of the same material and hue."Although seemingly realistic. One speculation I have is each room represents different emotions or feelings.In the few pieces of Poe's literature I've read, I've noticed there is always an object, or symbol, that represents something deeper. This object is usually unrealistic. In this case, I would mean the masked figure in The Masque of the Red Death. You would obviously need a good imagination to read about the masked figure, who is described as a corpse, because at the end his outfit turns out to be empty. To me there is no one in the world who is good and pure.

So this is an example of dark romanticism because they believed that the transcendentalists were crazy for thinking that everyone was pure and good. This story is kind of mocking or making fun of transcendentalists because transcendentalists, in a dark romantic’s mind, are trying to ignore the fact that there is evil. By having this prince lock everyone in his castle and party because of this disease or whatever, they are saying that the prince and his people are just going to try and ignore the disease and run away and have a party.



"The Raven"
Throughtout this story he thought somebody was at his door tapping but would never go away. " "Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door - Some late visitor entresting entrance at my chamber door; - " This is at one point where smoebody is still at his door and he thinks its nothing more but the person want leave that keep knocking but nobody seem to be at door but at the end they keep saying "Nothing more" and im thinking that is meaning who the soul is at the door but don't pay any attention because its nothing to serious just a mind thing but nothing more.
When he says "Darkness there, and nothing more." It seem like that all he can see is darkness and nothing more because its the Raven and nothing more at the door. Nothing seems to appear at the door. Even though he still stood their in fear trying to figuar out but still could not figure the voice out or the mystery explore.
To me its anti-Transcendental because its evil soul and doing its evil ways. "But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling." To me it kind of seems like after the bird knocks at the door with its evil way he still punish the man and continue doing the say thing that it is doing as before.