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Midterm Essay
Madness: As Seen in Dark Romanticism and Realism
Madness can be defined as the state of being severely
mentally ill and appears as a theme in both the Dark
Romantic and Realistic American literary movements.
Dark Romanticism took place from 1840 to 1860 and is
characterized by horrific symbols, heavy 1, dark
themes, and the psychological effects of guilt and sin.
In contrast, American Realism, beginning in 1865 and
continuing to 1910, is a style of writing in which writers
sought to portray life as it is in reality through the use
of regionalism, with a heavy focus on the
characterization of middle-class Americans. Nathaniel
Hawthorne and Charlotte Perkins Gilman utilize the
main characters of The Scarlet Letter and "The Yellow
Wallpaper" to present different perceptions of
madness, in association with their corresponding
literary movements.
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's, The Scarlet Letter, the
main character, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale,
contributes to the theme of madness as he
experiences extreme insanity. Arthur Dimmesdale
represents an important 2 element of Dark
Romanticism through his suffering of the intense pain
and guilt of committing adultery, a severe sin of his
time. As an idolized 3 minister with an outstanding
reputation in his town, Dimmesdale feels that he has a
responsibility to his fellow citizens to be an honorable
man, but has failed to do so. While keeping this secret
sin for seven years, "His inward trouble drove him to
practices, more in accordance with the old, corrupted
faith of Rome... [and] In Mr. Dimmesdale's secret
closet, under lock and key, there was a bloody
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