Sublime VS. Beauty

Could someone go through this short paragraph I've been asked to write, and spot mistakes? Thanks a lot!!! ))

Korov'ev

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SUBLIME VS. BEAUTY

Nothing disarms the mind as fear, terror and anguish. These are the true sources of the Sublime taste, widely spread amongst the late 18^th century culture.

The newborn appreciation of feelings, grandeur, strength and Nature, in the meaning of landscapes and natural events, brought the Sublime to life, both in Literature and in the Arts.

The audience, struck and troubled by the spectacle of steep foggy peaks, powerful shipwrecks and noisy erupting volcanoes, gets conscious of the pettiness of its living situation.

In opposition to the dismal melancholic graveyards of the Sublime, stands the Beauty. Beautiful works convey light, classical elegance and balance as well as delicate feelings. Quoting Edmund Burks’ words “beauty should be smooth, and polish,” while on the other hand “the great ought to be dark and gloomy […]; the great ought to be solid, and even massive.”

As a consequence, it follows that the Sublime is stronger than the Beauty, for pleasure is weaker than fear.