Journal 16: Intro to Romanticism

Romanticism is not challenging but not conforming to the idea of logic. Romanticism incorporates strong emotional appeals into the writing and places large emphasis on emotions because it is very crucial during the Romanticism. Feeling is of a great concept during the romanticism rather than logic and reasoning. Feelings such as terror and the opposite, awe, are greatly used for the emotions and the moods created by the painting and writings. Most of which creates a very strong mood that defines the literary or artistic work. Romanticism focuses on the emotional appeals and on the nature. Nature plays a big role in works during the romanticism. It bases on supernatural occurrence and the psychology of human. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, it focuses primarily on the mind of the characters. The guilt of Dimmesdale, the thought of Hester Prynne, the vengeance of Chillingsworth and the horror Hester feels about Chillingsworth's revenge. It also has an important role in developing the plot because it talks about Hester's moral uprightness that she thinks she should stay for the punishment and not flee from it because she has done something sinful and should live with the punishment. Chillings worth on the other hand died because he had no more meaning in life after Dimmesdale died because he is plagued with the idea of vengeance.