Dark Romanticism

Chapters

1. 00:00Dark Romanticism of the American Renaissance
2. 00:06American Romantic authors were most prolific between 1830-1865.
3. 00:12Chapter 3
4. 00:16Within the genre of Romanticism, two opposing sub-genres emerged: the optimists...
5. 00:22And the pessimists, who embraced human fallibility and sin, grew into the Dark Romance movement.
6. 00:29Chapter 6
7. 00:33Dark Romantics were drawn to the dark side of the human psyche, the evil side of spiritual truth...
8. 00:42Authors included: Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Emily Dickenson
9. 00:50Chapter 9
10. 00:54Herman Mellville 1819-1891
11. 01:01Chapter 11
12. 01:05https://youtu.be/id3u3KTZHV4
13. 01:10Moby Dick uses Ishmael to tell the story of sin in the character of Captain Ahab.
14. 01:20Sin is a common theme for the narratives of Dark Romantisicm.
15. 01:25Aswell as the sin of blashphemy, the captain's unhinged nature allows for Mellville...
16. 01:32to display the darker depths of human sanity.
17. 01:36Chapter 17
18. 01:41Swerve me? The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run.
19. 01:48Over unsounded gorges, through the rifled hearts of mountains, under torrents’ beds,
20. 01:54 unerringly I rush! Naught’s an obstacle, naught’s an angle to the iron way! -Ahab
21. 02:01Chapter 21
22. 02:05Ahab's obsession with the whale and personal vendetta drove him to a maddened death.
23. 02:10Symbolism, The Icon of madness
24. 02:14For Ahab it was the whale...
25. 02:19Chapter 25
26. 02:23For Daniel Plainview in "There Will be Blood" his obsession with oil corrupted his life.
27. 02:30https://youtu.be/x1ij_TEK_MM
28. 02:37Plain view at the start of the film, places a heavy emphasis on family business.
29. 02:41After the injury of his son, Plainview spirals in character.
30. 02:48Chapter 30
31. 02:52Plainview is put into unchoice situations including murder, childlessness, and financial issues.
32. 03:00Plainview spirals, becoming a ruthless and shrewd man. He goes so far as to disown his only family.
33. 03:08https://youtu.be/BtFp_teUWr8
34. 03:14"There will be Blood" preserves the spirit of Dark Romantacisim.
35. 03:20Daniel Plainview displays the events, and state of a good man turned evil.
36. 03:26Chapter 36
37. 03:30Dark Romanticism displays the depravity of man and the dirtiest depths of human capability.
38. 03:37Both "Moby Dick" and "There Will Be Blood" are great examples of the genre Dark Romanticsim.