Romanticism Project by Jacqui Haselow

"The Fall of the House of Usher" Grotesque

jacquihaselow — 2014-10-31 18:59:09 UTC

While in the dark chamber, Usher and the Narrator come to realize that Madeline has come back alive from the dead. Madeline stood before them seeking vengeance on her brother for burying her alive. Madeline let out a "low moaning cry" (172) and unexpectedly "fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother" (172). She turned him into "a corpse" (172) and now since the terror has been lifted, the house fell and the suffering of the twins was lifted.

This is the picture of the house that is haunted in the movie, The Haunted Mansion, Gracey, who lost the love of his life, Elizabeth, hundreds of years ago is a ghost and thinks Sara, who is human, is Elizabeth that has returned. Sara is poisoned by a ghost named Ramsley who wants the curse to belifted. As Sara is dying an orb who is really Elizabeth, posses Sara. Gracey and Elizabeth reunite and the curse is lifted. This relates to "The Fall of the House of Usher because when the twins die the house falls, and when the curse is lifted the ghosts part to the after life.

"The Fall of the House of Usher" - Grotesque Characters

laurenat888 — 2014-10-31 19:19:10 UTC

Not a moment after the Narrator finished a chapter of Sir Launcelot's narrative from the Mad Trist, a distinct, muffled reverberation was heard. The Narrator placed his hand on a stoic Roderick's shoulder, shocking him out of his stupor. Roderick then proceeded to speak in hurried murmurs about hearing a sound, how he dared not speak of it, and what he said next shocked the Narrator, "We have put her living in her tomb!" (Pg. 172). That terrifying sentence was followed by many more. Roderick knowingly buried his ailing sister, Madeline, alive.

In the piece of artwork below, Lady Madeline, by unknown, it depicts Madeline Usher and her struggle to escape the coffin that she was buried in without her knowledge. Painted with watercolour, the red of the blood is shown very well against the wood of the coffin, showing the extent of the struggle that Madeline faced with escaping from this wooden prison. Resulting from the fierce struggle is her white dress that is splattered with her own blood.

"The Maldive Shark" Horror

jacquihaselow — 2014-10-31 19:33:40 UTC

While the shark is "lurking" (9) the harbor for prey, his partner, the Pilot-fish isn't as innocent as he seems. The fish secretly "guides him to prey"(13). While the shark is attacking, the prey is "in the port of serrated teeth"(9). The fish is sitting there waiting to get left overs from the attack. The fish is just as part of the attack because he's the "eyes and brains"(16) of the operation.

As you can see in this gif, when the shark attacks its prey, its very brutal. the shark has enormous teeth and they're serrated, so the prey can be ripped to shreds. Also, before the shark attacks he lurks below and comes straight up with full force to make sure he has the prey.

"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"- Supernatural

2014-11-03 14:11:13 UTC

When Dr. Heidegger has water from the mysterious Fountain of Youth, he decides to test it on four people and an old rose from his fiancée who past away 50 years ago for his experiment. They're all old and he wants to see if the water really does make them young. Before he gives the water to him, he tells the four, "you should not become patterns of virtue and wisdom to all the young people of the age"(). the four ignore what he says and drink the youthful water. They become young again and start dance and they're filled with joy. The four are greedy and go back to their ways when they were younger. "Give us more of this wondrous water!" We are younger- but were still old"(144). Since they went back to their old ways when they were younger, the four were yet again old, and went to Florida to search for the wondrous water.

In this gif, the flower represents when the Doctor's rose came back to life due to the water from the Fountain of Youth. But shortly after it came back to life, it died again and he was devastated.

Moby Dick- Violent

2014-11-03 14:25:41 UTC

Towards the end of "Moby Dick", Captain Ahab thought he turned around his madness but then he goes after Moby again. He wants vengeance on him because Moby took off his leg. Ahab is so obsessed with murdering Moby, he spears him and jumps on him. The whale dives deep under the water and Ahab drowns trying to murder Moby. Moby is furious with Ahab and his ship members spearing him, he wants vengeance as well. He hits the boats and ships and they start to sink. The ship burns down. Also, because Moby is hitting the little boats with his tail his was hitting ship members, knocking them into the water and dragging them down towards their doom. In the end, Moby was the one who got vengeance on the humans.

In this gif, this is an example of a whale landing on a boat kin of like Moby Dick did to Ahab's crew members. But in this, the whale doesn't actually want to seek vengeance on these people.

Thanatopsis- Nature

2014-11-03 18:56:24 UTC

Nature is deaths eternal resting place. It doesn't matter if you were rich or poor when you were alive, when you die you are equal "with the patriarchs of the infant world--with kings"(34). When it is time to join the "innumerable caravan"(74). you shouldn't leave this earth "like the quarry-slave"(76) but you should leave "sustain'd and soothed"(77). You will become one with nature and should've enjoyed and embraced the life you lived.

this picture represents a human becoming one with nature. The grass is growing upon her, like its becoming her. she is peaceful

"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"- Yearning for the past

2014-11-05 04:44:50 UTC

When Dr. Heidegger invites three men and one woman into his study, Colonel Killigrew, Mr. Medbourne, Mr. Gascoigne, and Widow Wycherly, he asks if he could conduct an experiment with them as his test subjects. He obtains a vase of the water from the Fountain of Youth, and to demonstrate, he places a withered rose, which his deceased fiancé gave to him to adorn on their wedding day; the once withered rose is restored with its vibrant color and beauty. The guests all wish to be youthful again to gain what they no longer have: youth, power, money, and beauty. Before the four guest partake in the experiment, he warns them that because they have "the experience of a lifetime" (Pg.143), to direct them, they must take caution in "passing a second time through the perils of youth"(Pg.143). Dr. Heidegger learns from the experiment that given a second chance, the same mistakes would be made.

The four champagne glasses shown below represent the four that were placed on the table when the guests first arrived. These show that if the four guests agreed to partake in the experiment, it would involve the consumption of some type of liquid; in this experiment, it was liquid from the Fountain of Youth.

"Thanatopsis" - Emphasis on nature

2014-11-05 05:42:48 UTC

Nature plays very many roles in the life of a human, ranging from easing the pain we feel to providing comfort. Even when it comes to our death, nature is involved in some way. When we pass, the "golden sun, the planets, all the infinite host of heaven"(45-46), celebrate our "sad abodes of death"(47). Death is considered as a negative thing, but for nature it is held in a positive view because it means that when we die, we may become one with nature.

The picture below is of one of the millions of galaxies that are in the universe. William Cullen Bryant explains the idea that the sun, planets, and the infinite host of heaven, all of which are in galaxies, celebrate our deaths. He emphasizes that even aspects of nature that are completely out of our reach acknowledge our deaths with a celebration.

"Moby Dick" - Supernatural

2014-11-05 06:11:40 UTC

In this movie adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, one man encountered the supernatural whale and lived to tell the tale, but not without a physical scar to prove it. Captain Ahab has a wooden leg because his last encounter with Moby Dick left him with only one leg. This encounter leaves the captain with an overwhelming need for revenge. He spends the whole duration of the voyage with his crew, searching for Moby Dick, this supernatural mammal. He searches endlessly for this animal, forming an obsession for him. Unlike other whales, Moby Dick makes several appearances to taunt Captain Ahab and his crew. With his size, Moby Dick could very easily overturn the Pequod, but he doesn't, reinforcing the fact that he is taunting Captain Ahab and his crew.

The picture below depicts Moby Dick and a small part of a crew in a whale boat. This image really emphasizes the enormity of Moby's size and the fear he creates in the sailors.

"The Maldive Shark" - Horror

2014-11-05 06:52:39 UTC

The shark is described to be a vicious animal in Herman Melville's "The Maldive Shark." Herman Melville uses the words "saw-pit" (5) to desribe its mouth. The use of those words create a very bloody image in the viewer's eyes because the author is comparing the shark's mouth to the dangerous pit underneath a vertical saw where injury is very likely. The author also describes the shark's mouth as the "charnel of maw" (5), which means a place that is associated with death. The way that Herman Melville described the shark's mouth creates this sense of horror and negativity. The viewer would feel sad for the victims that experienced its "saw-pit" (5) mouth and ventured into its "charnel of maw" (5).

The image below shows the absolute horror of a shark's mouth. The viciously sharp teeth, and the terrible journey that a victim would unwillingly partake on down the shark's throat. One would think that a shark's mouth is solely created for violent killings when a viewer looks at the image.