e and Sensibility. Because of this reverence of love as something beautiful and mysterious, natural, love became more than a reference to the relationships between men and women; it became romantic. Romanticism was more than just an artistic and literary movement; it was a change in the way that people think. It affects even the modern day poets and writers and the very ideals by which we live: love (and the romantic view that we have of it today) and dreams of the “good old days.” To fully express the extent and influence of romanticism, or the methods through which it forever changed the world, would be impossible. But, through the methods alluded to in the above text, and many others, the Romantic Movement transformed the world through literature and art (among other areas not mentioned in this paper), leaving an indelible mark upon Western civilization....
