Romanticism: Key Terms

2. A fictional character archetype who is a troubled, moody, and morally ambiguous protagonist with a dark secret from their past
6. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
8. A state of terror and awe that leads to transcendence.
9. A philosophical idea denoting a 'blank slate'; the notion that people are not born but nurtured into their personalities.
10. A single human being as distinct from a group.
11. The physical world, including plants, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations.

1. A literary device that involves giving human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or nature.
3. Writing that uses words and phrases to appeal to the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch
4. Young human beings
5. Strong feeling
7. The ability of the mind to be creative and imagine things