Romanticism preached human beings and nature exist in a harmonious relationship where individuals can have a positive impact on their environment and life experiences. Critics of romanticism formed their own idea of the relativity of humanity and nature. This negative idea was called naturalism and suggests humans cannot overcome what nature has destined for them and that their relationship to nature may not be harmonious. Naturalism is a literary style that suggests that the environment, heredity and the forces of nature, which dictate the de ....