After the lecture on Wednesday over Romanticismo, and while starting to read El estudiante de Salamanca, I have some thoughts about Romanticism, how it relates to Neoclasicismo, and my thoughts in general. When I think of something "romantic" my mind immediately jumps to love and intimate moments and candlelit dinners. I do not think of ghosts and dreams and things like this as they are showing up in the beginning of the poem. Yet, I can relate to the "pasión" evident in the poem and in the Romanticism time period, because I think this is an element that is important, and a driving force for many people, in all aspects of life. I can relate to how people in Spain had passion and emotions and feelings that they felt strongly about and wanted to share with people. Really, I feel like everyone in life just wants to be heard and have a voice, and I think it was during this time that people in Spain really became driven by this and decided to act upon it instead of being oppressed like they had been in the past. This passion and expression of feelings can be related to Francisca in "El sí de las niñas," because although she was in a convent and was a nun and a maiden, she was also very emotional at times, and did things secretly that did not correlate with her nun/obedient persona. Although she could not openly show her emotion for Don Carlos for awhile, they still secretly kept in contact and she expressed her strong love to him, and eventually at the end of the story she was able to do this freely and openly. She had a passion for Don Carlos that kept her going and eventually it was acknowledged, just like people in the Romanticism period wanted to be acknowledged and have their feelings and thoughts heard.
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