AGES ERA PERIOD
RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY
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Goethe’s Faust in Faust, who is sinful because he attempts to exceed the bounds of human knowledge by making a pact with the devil but is nonetheless redeemed in his striving to break free of the bounds of mortality
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Icarus, who is killed in attempting to fly because only Gods have the power to fly and mortals must be taught the limitations of human existence
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Prometheus, who succeeds in stealing fire from the Gods and thereby surpasses the limitations placed on humans by the Gods
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Detailed explanation-1: -Romantic poets cultivated individualism, reverence for the natural world, idealism, physical and emotional passion, and an interest in the mystic and supernatural.
Detailed explanation-2: -When reference is made to Romantic verse, the poets who generally spring to mind are William Blake (1757-1827), William Wordsworth (1770-1850), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), George Gordon, 6th Lord Byron (1788-1824), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) and John Keats (1795-1821).
Detailed explanation-3: -In English literature, the key figures of the Romantic movement are considered to be the group of poets which is known as “Big Six”. In this group the poets are William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and the much older William Blake.
Detailed explanation-4: -Emotion and passion. The critique of progress. A return to the past. An awe of nature. The idealization of women. The purity of childhood. The search for subjective truth. The celebration of the individual. More items •25-Oct-2021