Examples Of Romanticism In The Life Of Cather

I believe that Cather tried to use mostly the Naturalistic point of view. Although Cather also used some Romanticism, she mainly focused on the Naturalistic view such as the beginning and the near end of the story. Ivar and Marie show good examples of Cather’s Romantic side. However, though Cather focused mainly on Naturalism, she did use Romanticism. Her character Ivar had a Romantic point of view along with Marie’s actions also shows Romanticism. Ivar uses his description of the terrifying scene to show that one could find Romanticism in the book. “From that spot there was another trail, heavier than the first, where she must have dragged herself back to Emil's body. Once there, she seemed not to have struggled any more”. Maries actions also shows her love for Emil, “She had lifted her head to her lover's breast, taken his hand in both her own, and bled quietly to death”. Through Ivar’s dreadful reaction and Marie’s compassion it shows how Cather had put Romanticism in the book.
At the beginning, Cather shows how the drought had affected others, how it showed many farmers grief. John Bergson had much done to him and his farm. “One winter his cattle had perished in a blizzard. The next summer one of his plow horses broke its leg in a prairie-dog hole and had to be shot”. With his bad fortune he passed away during a rough collecting season on the farm. “Six months after John Bergson's death,” John Bergson did die, although she did not state exactly when. So Cather did use some Naturalism at the