Dark Romanticism

I think that Nathaniel Hawthorne is a lot different from the Transcendentalism because he had a lot to do with the government because his father was a judge and he believed in government. I also know that he is not Transcendentalism because when he said that he didn’t like that his father and other judges sentenced people to death because a person said that another person is a witch, he should have made his self heard. Transcendentalism’s would express their self and stand up for what they believed in. He should have said something to the government because innocent people were getting their lives taken because no one spoke up.

Herman Melville was against Transcendentalism because he seen the experience of people eating other people (cannibals). There fore he knew that all people were nor good or pure. He also knew that people’s voices were not the voice of god because cannibals believed that this was the right thing to do. The book Moby Dick was a good example of why they didn’t think all people are good and pure. I say that because a man was willing to sacrifice losing his ship that he created himself and was willing to sacrifice the lives of other innocent people just to kill the whale that ate his leg. That is not an example of a good and pure person.

Edgar Allen Poe was against Dark Romanticism because he doesn’t believe that everyone is good and pure just as well as the other two people. He doesn’t believe that all people are good and pure because his father was not good and pure because his father disowned him.

In a way I think I would be more Transcendentalism because I believe in speaking up and being heard. The only thing that I don’t believe about Transcendentalism is that when they say that all people are good and pure. I don’t believe that all people are good and pure because people go out and kill other people for no reason. Also I don’t think that because people put bombs in airplanes and bomb other countries just because they won’t to start wars and commotion. I would also be Transcendentalism because in a lot of situations I don’t agree with the government and dislike some of the solutions they have for problems.

The story that I read is "Hop Frog" the story is o.k. I think that the king is not responsible enough to be a king because he jokes around too much. Every thing that he does has to have a laugh involved. He kind of reminds me of a class clown because he always wants to be the one to make other people laugh. Even if he is mean to people and hurt their feelings just to hear a little Ha Ha from someone. He thinks that because he has power that it doesn’t matter what he do to other people who aren’t as lucky as he is.

Hop frog is a good example of Dark Romanticsm because the dwarf wanted to get even whith the knig for hitting his friend and making him drink wine so he dressed him as a ape for the party and ended up burning the king up. Transcendentalism would have tried to help the king by telling him the he needs to change and be good instead of picking on everyone and playing jokes. The dwarf wanted revenge and a Transcendentalism would have left it like it was.

This story shows that it is Dark Romanticism. I say that because Dark Romanticism thinks that not everyone is good and pure. When the king struck a girl before throwing wine in her face it showed that he was not good or pure. This story is a lot more Dark Romanticism than Transcendentalism.

I liked the poem "The Raven" because it was kind of freaky and I like scary and mystery poems. It is a really creepy because the raven came to a man to tell him something and send messages. The man knew that by the raven sticking around it was trying to tell him something. He even asked the raven a lot of questions including what are you here for. The only thing the raven would continue to say is nevermore. While all of this was going on his second wife died.

Even though his second wife died the raven continued to stay around the man and he never once left the area. I believe that the raven meant that the man would never be happy again or maybe it was a sign of death. Whatever the raven was there for meant that the man was going to be unhappy because the raven didn’t appear until his wife started dying. I think that the man lost his mind after he asked the raven would he ever be happy again and the raven said nevermore.
This story is not Transcendentalism because it’s not saying that people’s thoughts and intuitions are the voice of good. For an example the raven that appeared in his eye was just in his mind and head. I don’t even think that the raven was real. I think that it was all in his head, and that his mind was playing tricks on him. I think that man knew that he was never going to be happy again because he has been through so many things.

"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"--Merely this and nothing more." This is a good example of Dark Romanticsm because it shows that he is thinking evil things and it proves that everyone does not think about all good things and that everyones thoughts and intuitions are the voice of god.

Everything that was happening in his life was going wrong. After his wife died he was never happy again. I think that’s what the raven was there for because he was never going to have a life again. He had no one to care for him or nothing to live his life for because he was probably just going to be old and lonely. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,"Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"This I whispered and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"--Merely this and nothing more. The Transcendentalisms would disagree with this because they think that what every one thinks and says is what god wants you to. They think that it is the voice of god and this don’t sound like its something that god would think or say.

In Boston on May 1827, Poe went served in The Untied States Army as a private using the name Edgar A. Perry. After two years of service after he had got promoted to the rank of Sergeant major, he secured with Mr. Allen’s aid. I think that his stories and poems has a lot to do with his life because in his autobiography that I read said that he started loosing his mind after his wife died like the story about "The Raven". His life autobiography said that after his wife died alcohol became a big habit to him, and when he had even a sip of it his personality would change a lot. It is almost like how the man’s life fell apart in "The Raven" after his wife died.