In Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 production of Vertigo, various themes of
             English Romanticism can be found in many central scenes, especially those
             involving the main protagonist of Scottie (James Stewart) and Judy (Kim
             Novak), whom Scotty adores and loves above all other women. Vertigo, one of
             Hitchcock's best films, focuses primarily on what has come to be known as
             the doppleganger, a German term that denotes a double image or a mirror-
             like reflection of a character, usually with one being good and the other
             evil or mysterious. In this film, the doppleganger is Judy, for after she
             fakes her own death, she returns as Madeleine, a near-perfect copy of Judy
             but whose personality is more cold and distant. For Scottie, this situation
             creates many personal internal conflicts, some of which are highly
             reminiscent of certain attributes associated with English Romanticism, such
             as idealism, a veneration for nature and an obsession with death and dying.
             In essence, English Romanticism, a literary movement which began in
             the later decades of the 18th century and lasted until the middle years of
             the 19th century, is generally characterized by a heightened appreciation
             for beauty in all its varied forms and is based on emotional and sensual
             responses rather than reason and the intellect and stresses the creative
             imagination of the writer or poet as a means toward greater enlightenment
             and spiritual truth. In some instances, English Romanticism stressed the
             weird and the mysterious as they relate to human nature and the vast world
            
             In English literature, some of the earliest proponents of Romanticism
             included such poets as Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Rime of the Ancient
             Mariner, 1798), William Wordsworth (Lyrical Ballads, 1798) and William
             Blake (Songs of Innocence and Experience, 1789-1794), and between 1805 and
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