What Was The Romantic Period

Question 1

What was the romantic period

Answer 1

-flourished late 18th Century
-celebrated emotion, wildness + nature above reason + science
-gothic was dark side to romanticism — references to supernatural, themes madness + death + the extremes of passion

Question 2

What were the Victorian morals + values

Answer 2

-strict social morals + values
-class systems — strict divide between working, middle + upper
-important to know place in society — women inferior to men
-earnestness, domestic conformity + moral responsibility