Dark Romantiscism part #1

#1 In this case Mr. Hawthorne would disagree strongly, and he has good reason to. His grandfather hung 19 people and two dogs off of his own intuition. Now that is a very strong transcendentalist belief, to act on intuition as if god was speaking through you. Although, as in this case, this mans intuition of god or him was very wrong and ludicrous indeed, and i would have agree with Mr. Hawthorne on this one. This case really test the whole transcendentalist philosophy.

#2 What Herman Melville witnessed could and did in this case turn a mans whole perspective around on other people. Their is no way Melville would ever believe that everyone was pure inside nor should of he. I mean for god sakes he saw people eat each other, does that show purnist of the soul? Melville wrote Moby Dick to try to explain his theory and tail a story of course. In the story Captain Ahab was obsessed about killing a great white wall, he killed his ship, his crew, and his self. Does that seem pure to you? No, what a genius writer he was.

#3 Edgar Allen Poe is just lashing out as hard as he possibly can. He defines why this world is not perfect and how everyone is not pure. Through his writing he shows the evil side of life and the people in it. he contradicts the Transcendentalist thought so much, its a bit embarrassing at times. I feel that the transcendentalist were like a bunch of hippies. It would be great if the world was peaceful and everyone was pure inside, but that’s not life and that not the case.

I hate it but its true, their are some really messed up people out their. A month ago I agreed totally with the transcendentalist thought and loved the idea, but unfortunately I believe their wrong. Basing off these story's it really shows the nastiest parts of people. If everyone is pure, then how do explain these cases and many others as well. Maybe the majority is pure, but definitely not every soul on this planet.