For the early romantic writers and artists who first began to celebrate it‚ the sublime was far from being a pleasurable experience. The classic description is that of William Wordsworth as he recounted climbing the Alps and crossing the Simplon Pass in his autobiographical poem “The Prelude.” There‚ surrounded by crags and waterfalls
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Frankenstein and Blade Runner using literary devices and societal context. In Blade Runner‚ Scott uses the aspects of the 20th century tradition of dystopias and film noir as literary devices. Throughout Shelly’s work of Frankenstein‚ the romantic and sublime themes of the era are examined as literary devices. The appreciation for the natural wonder of the world is evident throughout Frankenstein when Shelly emphasises to the reader‚ the sweeping landscapes that are stark‚ barren and majestic‚ nature therefore
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” that enlightens the reader there is more to social justice than meets the eye (Eason & Robbins‚ 2012). To walk in beauty‚ the American Indian believe in three traditional ways as invitations: the embodiment‚ creativity‚ and appreciation of the sublime. Their ceremonial dances and rituals that involve skin sacrifices or offerings like the Sundance help them to experience life more intensely and the connections to hear ourselves and others with the beauty of it. These experiences are challenging;
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Cloud" Imagine walking through a field in early summer‚ around an aqua blue lake that is in the shape of a giant egg. You discover a field of daffodils that is flowing in motion like a grand "dance" full of elegance. This area is full of sublime that can only be fully appreciated by a poet. William Wordsworth has been to this place and it was the subject of his poem "I Wandered As Lonely As A Cloud." He entered a state of tranquility when he visited here and writes this proficient piece
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In a reaction to the rational‚ conformist conventions of the Augustans‚ writers and artists of the Romantic era advocated the transcendence of rationality through a sublime and imaginative connection with the natural world. This emancipation from traditional social and moral restraints informed their literary‚ artistic and philosophical pursuits. It was these qualities that marked the movement as unique in the history of European intellectual discourse. Romanticism derived largely from the ‘transcendental
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circumstances cause responders to feel vulnerable and fearful. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula the overpowering force of the sublime‚ the prominence of religion‚ death and use of darkness accompanied by typical Gothic techniques evoke a fear of the unknown in responders. This common Gothic themes can also be observed in The Road by Cormac McCarthy‚ in which the fear of the unknown is enhanced by the sublime‚ the prominence of religion‚ death and the use of darkness. Furthermore‚ it is clear that context has played
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Bibliography: Aristotle‚ Poetics trans./ed. Malcolm Heath (Penguin Classics‚1996) Burke‚ Edmund A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin or our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (Oxford World’s Classics‚ 1998) Nietzsche‚ Friedrich The Birth of Tragedy trans. Douglas Smith (Oxford World’s Classics‚ 2008) Plato‚ The Republic trans [ 7 ]. Friederich Nietzsche‚ The Birth of Tragedy (Oxford World’s Classics‚ 2008)
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‘For me‚ the story is less a horror…than a larger than life gothic fairytale’ (Kenneth Brannagh) How far and in what ways do you agree with this description of the text? Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a novel which forces the reader to question whether it is a simple horror story or whether it is a gothic fairytale of many depths. Frankenstein is considered by many critics as the first modern horror story ever written‚ and it opened a whole new world of ideas for novels and has inspired many similar
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wisdom. He believes that to become wiser‚ one must experience life for themselves rather than being taught. Siddhartha and Govinda leave their life as ascetics to seek out the sublime one’s words‚ but even after this experience Siddhartha still believes that wisdom cannot be taught through words and books. He says to the sublime one that he continues in his wanderings “... not to seek another‚ better doctrine‚ because I know there is none‚ but to leave behind all teachings and teachers‚ and either to
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"The Dog and the Sparrow" by Tourgenieff analysis ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Prof: Melissa Eidson 5/28/14 The poem "The Dog and the Sparrow" by Ivan Sergeevich Tourgenieff is an example of the sublime. It has the ability to cause the reader to feel deeply for the sparrow and its bravery and sacrifice. The poem is told in first-person point of view and uses figurative language and metaphors to tell the story. The theme is reverence for the sparrow‚ which like
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