1. Dark Side of Romanticism
Gothic
Literature
Individualism
Dark Side of Romanticism
Naturalism
Optimism T R E of
Romanticism
Transcendentalism
Romanticism

2. The Dark Side of Romanticism
The Dark Romantic writers: Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville
This side of Romanticism explored the idea that human nature is not
necessarily good and focusing on the dark side of humanity.

3. The Dark Side of Romanticism
This side of Romanticism explored many
themes which include…
-the psychological effects of guilt and sin
-the conflict between good and evil
-people plagued with madness
-obsession
-revenge
-shame

4. The Dark Side of Romanticism
Gothic Literature
The Dark Side of Romanticism
Gothic literature is an extreme form of Romanticism as it is the darkest form of Romanticism. The extreme themes of this branch of Romanticism include…
-self-destruction
-sin
-terror
-personal torment
-madness
-supernatural
-death

5. Gothic Literature Settings
Gothic tales revolve around mysterious castles, old mansions, and abandoned areas.
Gothic Literature
Settings
Settings of these tales exist where life has abandoned these locations.

6. Adjectives that describe Gothic Literature
Cursed
Gloomy
Haunted
Decaying
Dark
Dilapidated
Mysterious

7. Quick Review 1. Dark Romanticism explored the idea that human nature is not _____________________. 2. What are 3 themes that Dark Romanticism explored? _____________, _____________, and _____________. 3. Gothic literature is an extreme form of ______________ Gothic tales revolve around mysterious ______________, old ______________, and abandoned ______________ What are 3 adjectives that describe Gothic Literature? ______________, ______________, and ______________.

8. WHAT DO THE DARK ROMANTICS WANT THEIR READERS TO REALLY EXPLORE?

9. The Dark Romantics wanted to explore one of the biggest human emotions… fear.

10. FEARS Fear of rejection Fear of abandonment Fear of being alone
Fear of the dark Fear of death, dying
Fear of creepy, crawly things
Fear of Enclosure
Fear of Pre-mature Burial
Fear of Suffocation / Drowning
Fear of Others (paranoia)
Fear for someone else
Fear of closed-in places
Fear of rats, snakes, or frogs
Fear of deformity
Fear of squishy things
Fear of Haunted Places

11. Directions: Types of FEARS
Activity: HUMAN FEARS
Directions:
Step 1: What is your greatest fear? Be as specific as you can.
Step 2: Why is this your greatest fear? Give at least 1 reason for your response.
Step 3: Partner together with someone near you. Share your fears and your reasons for these fears.
Step 4: Combining your fears, create a monster that represents these fears. Create a brief sketch of this monster on the back of this sheet.
Step 5: Share your sketch and your explanation of your sketch with the class.
Types of FEARS
Fear of rejection
Fear of abandonment
Fear of being alone
Fear of the dark Fear of death, dying
Fear of Enclosure
Fear of Pre-mature Burial
Fear of Suffocation / Drowning
Fear of Others (paranoia)

12. “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe
Class Reading Assignment
WHAT? Narrative Romantic Poem
WHY? Focus on Dark Romantic and Gothic elements
“Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe

13. Annabel Lee
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea; But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea.

14. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me- Yes
The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me- Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we- Of many far wiser than we- And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea.

15. 1. Who is our speaker. 2. Describe the emotions of the speaker. 3
1. Who is our speaker? 2. Describe the emotions of the speaker? 3. What is the setting? 4. This poem engages what specific emotions? 5. Explain how this poem represents Romanticism. Use specific examples 6. Explain how this poem represents Dark Romanticism. Use specific examples 7. Explain how this poem represents Gothic Literature. Use specific examples 8. Explain how this poem represents Naturalism. Use specific examples
Quick Review

16. Alone
From childhood's hour I have not been As others were -- I have not seen As others saw -- I could not bring My passions from a common spring -- From the same source I have not taken My sorrow -- I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone -- And all I lov'd -- I lov'd alone -- Then -- in my childhood -- in the dawn Of a most stormy life -- was drawn From ev'ry depth of good and ill The mystery which binds me still -- From the torrent, or the fountain -- From the red cliff of the mountain -- From the sun that 'round me roll'd In its autumn tint of gold -- From the lightning in the sky As it pass'd me flying by -- From the thunder, and the storm -- And the cloud that took the form (When the rest of Heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view --

17. Take this kiss upon the brow
Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow -- You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream. I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand -- How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep -- while I weep! O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?
A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM