Overview of Romanticism
The romanticism era was a time of creativity and escaping the difficult world. It originally started in the late 1800's and went through to the 1900's. People were always told what to do and follow rules. Most of the time they did what they were told. Romanticism was a way of escaping that hard and strict world. There are different types of romanticism though, they each strike a different types of people's emotions. There are scary images that induced fear. They varied from things like a barn or a town on fire to a giant storm. There would be images that kept viewers guessing for hours on end what they were. It had an affect on many things from the people all the way to the government. Since romanticism was mainly about freedom and expressing. It had a huge affect on the government. Control or being controlled was the exact opposite of romanticism. So going and being told what you can and cannot do was something people didn't want to go back to.
The romanticism era was around the time of the french revolution.Unicorns and magical creatures were a large topic in the romanticism era as well. The book now series Sleepy Hollow is a good example of romanticism and what they did back then. Music was also a big part of the romanticism era. Things changed from just a simple song to a entire story. Opera, due to its theme tells a story along with the music. In doing so it became very popular during this era.