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    What is Romanticism? Romanticism is the movement which occurred in literature and art within the late 18th and mid 19th century. It emphasised an individual’s creativeness and partiality. The romantics broke this rule of following guidelines and reasoning and went more towards their creativity and imagination. Romantic writers are a rebellion against societies norms as they are more concerned about feelings‚ nature‚ freedom and love. Romantics often write about medieval folklore and legends creating

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    U.S. Withdrawal U.S. President Lyndon Johnson’s decision not to seek reelection in 1968 prompted serious negotiations to end the war to began. Between 1968 and 1969‚ contacts in Paris between North Vietnam and the United States were expanded to include South Vietnam and the NLF. Under the leadership of President Richard M Nixon‚ the United States changed its tactics to combine U.S. troop withdrawals with intensified bombing and the invasion of Communist sanctuaries in Cambodia .

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    In 1845‚ in a cabin near Walden Pond‚ the novel Walden or Life in the Woods was being developed. Henry David Thoreau decided to set out to live in the woods to understand himself and become entirely self-reliant. Based on his idea of life‚ people tend to lose themselves amid the distractions and work of conforming to life following others. As for Henry‚ he was for nonconformity and frequently contrasted his freedom with the imprisonment of others. For instance‚ people in all societies were slaving

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    citizens. The people who live in a specific area help determine the places attributes. For example‚ America would not be the place it is today without the constant flow of repopulation and immigration. Through the different waves of immigration‚ America experienced a lot of change that would transform the country. During the second half of the 1800s‚ Asian immigration into the United States of America had a positive economic influence on the country while also affecting the social aspects of the country

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    Romanticism and "Young Goodman Brown" Romanticism was a literary movement that occurred in the late eighteenth century to the mid nineteenth century which shifted the focus of literature from puritan works‚ to works which revolved around imagination‚ the beauty of nature‚ the individual‚ and the value of emotion over intellect. The ideas of the movement were quite revolutionary as earlier literature was inhibited by the need to focus on society and the rational world it effected. Romanticism allowed

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    Transcendentalism was a philosophical movement that focused on discovering the truth about life and man through nature. Therefore‚ transcendentalists pondered the answer to a life worth living. Henry David Thoreau attempts to answer this question in Walden by the following quote: “Simplify‚ simplify. Instead of three meals a day‚ if it be necessary eat but one; instead of a hundred dishes‚ five; and reduce other things in proportion”. His statement emphasizes the idea that “our life is frittered

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    How Slavery still influences America Slavery isn’t a short sweet story (as illustrated above). Slavery (a form of forced labor)‚ contrary to common belief in the USA‚ did not start in the Americas‚ nor was it restricted to black African people; it has existed in almost all cultures and continents‚ and even exists to this day‚ in one form or another‚ in some places. Slavery has affected how people live‚ for good‚ and bad. Slavery made slave owners lives much easier as they get the slaves to do

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    Walt Whitman‚ a true representative of American literature‚ overcame the suffering of many of those in the outbreak of the Civil War. Poet and journalist‚ Whitman before and after the Civil War shows the impact of the romantic idealism which reached its pinnacle in the years to follow. Along with another famous poet who became known for his cynical viewpoint of human nature‚ Ambrose Bierce. Bierce shows his audience the realist violence brought about by the Civil War. These two literary landmarks

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    The 18th century was the age of Enlightenment‚ of a belief in reason‚ tradition‚ society and science. But then‚ out of the smoke of the Industrial revolution and the French revolution emerged a new style of writing characterized by emotion over reason. In this Romantic age‚ the individual was valued over society‚ imagination over logic‚ and the natural over the artificial. Nature was celebrated as a source of delight‚ an Image of love and a model of moral perfection. Romantics found inspiration

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    The Romantic period was featured by a market departure from the ideas of the literary period that continued it‚ which was scientific and rational in nature. Romantic poetry was created to express a new relationship to the imagination. This kind of poet was always finding a way to capture the moment they experienced. The speakers in most of the romantic poems of the time are indistinguishable from the authors themselves. This is something Shelley embraces and displays. For example‚ the moment Mary

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