<span>Termed as the ‘Age of Revolution” in reaction to the ‘Age of
Enlightenment’. One of the Romantic period’s characteristics was the expression
of strong senses, emotions, and feelings in literary, art and music. Romantics
rejected the idea of deduction – the process of gaining knowledge by using
logic or reason; rather, they believe that it is gained through intuition, the ‘gut
feeling’ – knowing something through natural feeling as guidance without
evidence. In turn, this period emphasizes more on exaggerated emotions of awe, apprehension,
horror and terror which intensifies the subjective perspective of one’s experiences.</span>
