Dark Romanticism took place in the early 1900s. It was a very unique time period where these writers valued more emotions over logic and reasoning. The darker side of the scheme was highly influenced by the gothic movement in Europe. Works in the dark romantic spirit were altered by Transcendentalism, but did not thoroughly support the concept of Transcendentalism. Transcendentalism was more about the goodness of people. For the Romantics, they viewed the world as obscure, dark, and decaying. The light side of Romanticism focused more on the bond between imagination and nature. Romantics wanted to change people’s aspect on how they view the world just like with the dark side they brought through things such as ware wolfs, ghosts, monsters,
