To what extent are Romantic and Realistic worldviews observable today? Support your response with specific references to current events, popular culture, and personal experiences.

As music , movies , television , books , games , and all of our various forms of entertainment are becoming more technical it only makes sense that the ideals of traditional romantic thought are disappearing . Last year 's most popular movie featured characters that were computer-enhanced versions of the actors . Any commercially successful song will be sure to include , if not feature , some sort of electronic enhancement . Video games are being designed to mimic actual athletic activities . Has all of this replaced or extinguished the spirit of romantic thought

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to know exactly what a romantic world view is . According to Steven Kreis in Lectures on Modern European Intellectual History , .even within its own period of existence , few Romantics would have agreed on a general meaning ' The words romance romantic , and romanticism have all taken on different meanings as they have been applied to various concepts and styles . However , in the traditional since , a romantic world view can be taken to generally mean the following : A desire to live a free life which focuses on the expression of one 's identity through artistic expression and a closeness to nature

The seeming dehumanization of modern society 's artistic medium would be in obvious contrast to the ideals of romantic thought as I define it On closer inspection , there is a push toward self-expression in pop-culture , specifically in music . A popular song a few years ago was Jimmy Eat World 's The Middle . The message : Don 't worry about what...