Enlightenment and Romanticism are both periods of literature that not only are intriquing‚ but brought forth iconic pieces of work and ideas. I am a huge realist‚ but I am admittedly more of a Romantcism fan‚ which rejects reason. Still‚ I acknowldege the importance of the period and how it has set the foundation of American writing. Before reading work in the Romanticsm movement‚ I completely dreaded the idea of it. I had a preconcieved notion that it would consist of only love and romance. While
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Mary Alice Pope English Comp 3‚ Westbay FDR Inaugural; Address Rhetorical Analysis January 20‚ 2014 Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Rhetorical Analysis of First Inaugural Address Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of The United States of America; he served from 1933 until his death in 1945‚ the longest any president has served. His inaugural speech in March 1933 had resounding effects on most‚ if not all Americans. His speech did more than outline his ambitions for his presidency;
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“All will end well.” (The Signers‚ page 43) This was Dr. Benjamin Rush’s favorite saying which summed up his life of vast accomplishments‚ as evidenced in a letter to Thomas Jefferson from John Adams that he knew “of no Character living or dead‚ who has done more real good in America” (Benjamin Rush‚ Patriot and Physician‚ page ix). He was a great doctor at the time he lived and worked diligently to heal countless people. However‚ his methods of curing people were dangerous and he probably hurt
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an intellectual movement that stressed reason‚ liberty and science‚ changed people’s idea about the world called the Enlightenment also known as the Age of reason. The Enlightenment developed in France and later spreads throughout Europe and United States. Enlightenment thinkers found out that natural laws governed the universe and that people could think for themselves. Enlightenment thinkers were basically humanists that supported equality and human self-respect. They wanted evidence and reason before
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from The Autobiography Benjamin Franklin Arriving at Moral Perfection It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time; I would conquer all that either natural inclination‚ custom‚ or company might lead me into. As I knew‚ or thought I knew‚ what was right and wrong‚ I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a task of more
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The Americanization of Ben Franklin As human beings age‚ the opportunity to move up through the social hierarchy seems to disappear. In Gordon S. Wood’s biography‚ The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin‚ he tells a unique story that allows us to take a deeper look into almost every social class of the 18th century. As Franklin makes his way through the social hierarchy‚ Gordon Wood paints a picture of what society was like and how it works around Franklin. Franklin portrays this hierarchy through
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Education and Enlightenment Much can be understood about a society by how it values and by how it distributes education. Athens of ancient Greece‚ for example‚ regarded the study of philosophy‚ drama‚ poetry‚ and art as a matter of great importance and therefore became a metropolis overflowing with culture. The city-state of Sparta‚ on the other hand‚ valued highly the study of war while deemphasizing the arts‚ leading it to become the great military power of Greece with few notable poets.
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American rags-to-riches myth‚ and writers such as Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass had successfully embraced it in their works.<br><br>Franklin and Douglass are two writers who have quite symmetrical styles and imitative chronology of events in their life narratives. They both approached their story with a "rags-to-riches" idea. In addition‚ we must realize that both Franklin and Douglass are powerful writers. In that sense‚ I mean that Franklin was a "well-educated" man in which he filled his
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Chapter 4: The Period of Enlightenment (1872-1898) Historical Background After 300 years of passivity under Spanish rule‚ the Filipino spirit reawakened when the 3 priests Gomez‚ Burgos and Zamora were guillotined without sufficient evidence of guilt. This occurred on the 17th of February. This was buttressed with the spirit of liberalism when the Philippines opened its doors to world trade and with the coming of a liberal leader in the person of Governor Carlos Maria de la Torre. The Spaniards
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In the late 1700’s‚ ideas of the Enlightenment began to come into affect. In North America‚ the American government started to form after two famous documents were finished‚ The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States. The Political and Social ideas of Rousseau and Baccaria from the Enlightenment are replicated in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. The Declaration was used to declare independence‚ and the Constitution was written to limit the
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