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    stating that he “was consumed by a hell furnace of localized lust” by the mere sight of these girls (26). This obsession does not stem from birth‚ but from a traumatizing failure to obtain love at the age of twelve from Annabel Leigh‚ a girl of the same age who soon dies of typhoid. Humbert‚ unable to let this failed conquest go‚ allows this event to perpetuate itself into an obsession with young girls

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    Maintaining Romantic Relationships When two people choose to forge an interpersonal involvement through communication and believe the bond to be romantic‚ they have chosen to be in a romantic relationship with one another. In the beginning‚ being in a romantic relationship seems effortless‚ magical‚ and exhilarating. This is before conflict arises and negative emotions cause things to get real and bring the relationship down from cloud nine. While enjoying the initial stages of the relationship

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    Romantic Poetry Characteristics Romantic poetry gives more importance to passionate display of emotions. The study of the romantic poetry characteristics‚ throws light on the different features being incorporated. Have a look... Romanticism in poetry arose in response to the enlightenment ideals that prevailed in the 18th century. This form of poetry emphasizes on emotions rather than reason. William Wordsworth strengthened the movement of romanticism in poetry to a great extent. Ironically‚

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    Music of Romantic Period The Period of Expansion (1820-1910) The Romantic Period Romantic music is a term denoting an era of Western classical music that began in the late 18th or early 19th century. It was related to Romanticism‚ the European artistic and literary movement that arose in the second half of the 18th century‚ and Romantic music in particular dominated the Romantic movement in Germany. Piano is the most important instrument of the Rmoantic Period Frederic Chopin Frédéric Chopin

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    Schubert’s Romantic Era During the period of 1800- 1850‚ many well- known composers and musicians have been thought to be the most prominent persons of their time. Franz Schubert and his work came to be known following his death. This paper will explain how Franz Schubert was the most influential musician in transit from the Classical Era to the Romantic Era. Schubert’s development of Lieder and cyclic form makes him the most influential musician of the Romantic Era. Franz Peter Schubert was born

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    Paola Cristal Meléndez Navarro 11th English Germain Professor Agosto May 9‚ 2014 First comes love‚ and then comes obsession Love is a powerful emotion that every human being has experience at least once in their life. There are numerous connotations that refer to this emotion‚ but there is only one kind of love that can make a person change completely in unexpected ways. It is the kind of love that consumes the soul and everything within. Mixed with excitement‚ adventure‚ heartbreak‚ happiness

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    Neoclassical and Romantic movements cover the period of 1750 to 1850. Neoclassicism showed life to be more rational than it really was. The Romantics favored an interest in nature‚ picturesque‚ violent‚ and the sublime. Unlike Neoclassicism‚ which stood for the order‚ reason‚ tradition‚ society‚ intellect‚ and formal diction‚ Romanticism allowed people to get away from the rational views of life and concentrate on an emotional and sentimental side of humanity. In this movement the emphasis was on

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    The Orchestra of the Romantic Era The Romantic Era was a time of many changes and innovations. While the Classical era was a time of restrictions and laws‚ the Romantic period saw the opposite. It was a time of experimentation – artistic freedom and creativity. There was a change in the way that composers wrote. They began utilising various emotions in their writing‚ as if to tell stories through their music. They began experimenting with new musical ideas. They began to move away from traditional

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    ghastly working conditions. The children of this era saw these things and wanted to escape‚ thus creating the Romantic Period. One of those people wanting to escape was writer Mary Shelley‚ the author of Frankenstein. This romantic novel tells a story of scientist Victor Frankenstein and the making of his revolting creature. In Frankenstein Shelley conveys many of the key characteristics of romantic novel through incorporating the love for nature‚ the yearning for isolationism and the freedom of emotion

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