Now i am sitting with my friend who take Romantic and Victorian subject which is for the English Literature specialization course..and we now discuss about Man from a romantic point of view....
JUST A BIT REMINDER...this is the definition of man according to Victorian English Period alright?
What is man? How does he differ from the gods on the one hand and nature on the other? What is the divine element in a man? A different set of answers to such questions or a shift of emphasis in the old answers, changes the style and subject matter of poetry and the poet's conception of his function.
For example, in the age of the heroic epic the difference between gods and men is that the former are immortal and the latter must finally all die like the beasts. In the meantime, however, some men are made godlike and separated from nature by the favor of the gods, becoming heroes who do great deeds. The poet, that is, the man inspired with the gift of tongues, celebrates the hero and his acts.
In the Middle Ages, the quality which man shares with God and which the creatures do not have is a will that can make free choices. What separates man from God is sin, that he can and does choose wrongly, love himself and act selfishly. The function of the poet is to exhibit the human soul tempted by competing loves and to celebrate the ways in which she can be redeemed.
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