Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries that emphasized emotion, individualism, and nature. Romantic writers rejected classicism and rationalism in favor of passion and intuition. They valued strong emotion, individual freedom and spontaneity, as well as nature and ordinary people. The Romantic hero was often a solitary rebel who defied social conventions. Romantic works featured melodramatic plots involving adventure, virtue overcoming adversity, and justice prevailing in the end.

1. Romanticism B. McDaniel John F. Kennedy School Berlin, Germany

12. Conventions of Romanticism

16. Virtue is always rewarded.