* less optimistic than Transcendental texts about mankind, nature, and divinity * much less confident about the notion that perfection is an innate quality of mankind * individuals as prone to sin and self-destruction * that nature is a deeply spiritual force (Dark Romanticism views it in a much more sinister light than does Transcendentalism) * the natural world is dark, decaying, and mysterious; when it does reveal truth to man, its revelations are evil and hellish. * frequently show individuals failing in their attempts to make changes for the better
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