Romanticism Chart

How does the example

Characteristics of Personal Contemporary
reflect Romantic Beliefs
Romanticism Examples
or Attitudes?

  The freedom and

innocence children have is
an element of romantic
  The children in my
1. 1.   youth and work. A child is one of the
neighbourhood play
innocence most pure and delicate
outside in the driveways
things and youth is
something that romantic
novels reference quit a bit

  Although this is another

far fetched example, the
rejection of rules and
authority is a romantic
2. 2.  defiance   My sister refuses to eat
theme. By my sister
from rules her vegetables at dinner
rejecting the household
rules there is defiance and
individuality that take on
romantic themes

  My mom takes special

care of our garden (which
is hard due to the weather
in AZ) but she believes that
  The preservation of my
3. 3.   nature it is important and finds it
mothers garden
very aesthetically pleasing.
The importance of nature is
very common in romantic
work.

  Discovering religion and

  Attending Church / being apart of one is part of
4. 4.   Spirituality having enlightening the romantic theme and
experiences biblical symbols are often
used in romantic literature.

5. 5.   science   The post-apocalyptic   Even if these books are

destroys man worlds in my books are the pure fiction it does show

example of man vs science
  Discovering you’re true
passion or purpose. For
6. 6.   higher example, I recently
truth discovered a passion for
cheerleading and I feel
incomplete without it
  Magazines that are sold in
stores frequently have
7. 7.   aesthetic
models that reflect what
beauty
society defines as
“beautiful”
  A mothers love for her
8. 8.   strong children. Ex: my mom
emotions loves my sister and I
unconditionally
9. 9. Imagination/  My sister has her heart set
creativity instead of on riding a pink unicorn
how science leads to the
destruction of man. The
book I am currently
reading is “In the After”
and the setting is a post
apocalyptic America where
science and the highly
evolved technology has
turned on mankind.
  Although cheerleading is
not a higher truth, the
initial act of self-discovery
is. Finding the higher truth
can be interpreted in many
ways and it can take on the
form of finding a passion
that means a lot to you.
Romantic literature often
has characters finding a
higher truth that shapes
them as a person.
  Descriptions of beauty are
often found in romantic
literature as well as
everyday life. Societies
impact of what is
considered beautiful is
displayed through ads and
magazine covers to draw
attention.
  A mothers love for her
children is one of the
strongest emotional
attachments through time.
Animals and human
mothers all feel the
connection and are usually
prone to protect their
children
 Although this is virtually
impossible because
 unicorns don’t exist, my
sister chooses to reject that
reasoning and still has her
reason heart set on riding a
unicorn. The rejection of
common thinking is a
romantic quality.
 Both of these momentums
serve as items the remind
us of the past. By looking
10. 10. Nostalgia/  Baby photos/ old through the pictures there
interest in past yearbooks are memories that are
brought back from the past
which is similar to the
romantic ideas