Romanticisim

RIP VAN WINKLE

In the story of Rip Van Winkle I think it was romantic the way that everyone and his neighbor hood like him the women like him, he told stories to the kids, and not even one dog would bark at him. “The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites
And shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians.”
It was also romantic the why he left his wife for some alone time and then he ended up falling asleep for twenty years. “His eyes swam in his head, his head gradually declined, and he fell into a deep sleep. On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes—it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the
Eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze.
“Surely,” thought Rip, “I have not slept here all night.” This story has many unbelievable type things going on that makes the story Romantic.


THANATOPSIS

I think that this poem is basically stating that dying shouldn’t be looked at as a horrible thing. Like at one point he said that if you can enjoy a spot where no one is physically around than you can be intoned with the people who once where there. He also said that when you die you’re becoming one with nature and you will be accompanied by everyone who died even the kings, heroes, queens, and wise men. The main romantic part of the story to me is when nature is talking to the reader about becoming one with the elements.



ROPEWALK

I think that the Arthur of this story was trying to really elaborate on imagination with this poem. Its seems as if he’s saying that using your imagination can be good by getting you away from the real world sometimes and into your own happiness. That’s what makes this poem romantic knowing that you can have something else to lean on when life gets you down. The guy in the poem was in a rope factory and to get his mind of his work he day dreamed about lots of different things that could be done with the rope his imagination was a big part and that’s what the romantics were based on.

I think that this picture is romantic because it has a evil setting to me. With the reddish looking background it kind of makes me think of blood and death. The trees have no leaves and I see no sign of life and this picture the water looks like its drying out also.