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Compare and contrast

May 14, 2017

American romanticism and Enlightenment era

Era of American romanticism and Enlightenment both have things could be compare and

contrast, since both of them have things to do with literature in the early 1700s to 1800s. They

both offer varieties of way how literature changes through time and its impact on today's

literature, from reasons to emotions. They also offer us to know about nature and human nature,

or imaginative and rational. During the Enlightenment era, The literature was consider full of

reasons, ideas, and events. This kind of literature produce work provides idea and knowledge

example of essay, theories, invention, scientific laws, war, and revolution. Meanwhile during

American Romanticism, its literature focus on emotion, passion, tragic ending, and characters as

in protagonist. Allan poe is an example of romanticism because his poetry show emotion while,

Isaac newton as an example of enlightenment because his research shows reason and laws. The

similarities for both is that all their work was meant to be read and understand by people. In

addition to reasons and emotion, both of these was a must read for people who seek knowledge

or understanding emotions of author - as of the most appealing arts during that time. Example of

annabel lee from allan poe But our love was stronger by far than the love of those who were

older than we is telling us about emotion of love; meanwhile Isaac Newton wrote Gravity

explain the motion of the planet, but it cannot explain who set the planet in motion which gives

us knowledge rather than emotions. In conclusion both of these affect how literature turns into
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now's a day from past to present day, but still both of these was purposely for people to read and

understand weather it is written as satiric mode or lyric mode.

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