The Romantic Journey: Tintern Abbey and Whale Rider.

Lynn Hernandez Eng.2323 October 12, 2003 Whale Rider, Wordsworth and the Romantic Journey The romantic journey deals with the understanding of the static world, the spiritual world, death, rebirth and the return to the world with affirmations. Both the movie Whale Rider, and Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey" are examples of the Romantic Journey. Whale Rider is a timeless story that involves spiritual death and mystical awakenings. It features not only the proof that children have a stronger view …

…brings with him the affirmation of the meaning in life. This movement is the action of the poem and of the romantic journey. Tintern Abbey and Whale Rider both illustrate not only the stages of spiritual death and rebirth, but by revealing the power of innocence, they demonstrate the return to the world with reaffirmations. The romantic impulse transcends any particular period and may be applied to times both before and after the Romantic Era.