Realism

A Story of an Hour
A Story of an Hour has some realism to it. But first Realism is an idea that in order to get people to see why they should stop crime and violence is to show them the truth of it all and that imagination doesnt help people see the truth. In this story a women named Louise gets news from her sister that her husband is dead. She cries with her sister at first and then goes in her bedroom to cry alone since her husband has died. This would be normal for most people if they lost their husband or wife. After she has cried all her tears she begins to think that her husband dying isnt so bad because she can live her life again. She goes back to the room with her sister and then her husband walks into the room. After realizing who it was she dies of a heart attack. This is a sign of realism because its the truth of what can really happen when someone you love dies.

Dark Romanticism

I don't think i could choose which side i would fall on. I think that poeple do connect with God whether they are alone or not. I believe people should be the person that God meant them to be. On the Dark Romantic side. I believe that not everyone is good and pure because i think everyone has a "dark" side. If i would have to choose i think im more of a Transcendentalist.

I read The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe. When the story first begins Poe is going about his life like every normal person but eventually he lets you into a different side of him, a "evil" side, when he starts drinking. He becomes angry with his pets and wife. He even starts showing violence towards them all except his cat pluto. Eventually he seemed like he couldnt control this evil side and came home one night and cut his cat's eye out. This is a example of Dark Romanticism because a good and pure person wouldnt have ever harmed a animal. The Dark Romantics believed that everyone had "evil" in them so no one could be good and pure. The transcendentalist believed that everyone was good and pure. This story by Poe is a prime example that not everyone is good and pure.

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe shows some signs of Dark Romanticism. In the poem poe makes the Raven represent evil and death. A line that caught my attention is when the raven is at his window and he says "Prophet! said I, thing of evil!--prophet still, if bird or devil--" He believes the Raven is the devil and is responsible for his wife's, Lenore, death.