Between 1825 and 1850 many reform movements gained momentum and began to transform the laws and institutions of the United States. These reform movements were spurred largely by the Second Great Awakening which‚ because religion was moving into a more liberal light‚ spread a contagious desire of reform nationwide and allowed for the bettering of American lives. Among the reform movements driven by the Great Awakening was a rise in anti-slavery supporters‚ vast women’s rights movements‚ and reform
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achieve what they believed to be a proper aspiration. Nevertheless‚ it would be farfetched to claim that such reform movements within the US resulted in any positive outcomes‚ and it would be much more logical to claim that many of the so-called reformers were in fact trying to further their own ambitions. By keeping penitentiary‚ church‚ and alcohol reforms as a pretense for egotistical purposes‚ they were able to attract an elite following of people that that acted with
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die -die immediately‚ than live slaves‚ and entail your wretchedness upon your posterity.” he wanted something to be done about the issue‚ because african americans were citizens‚ but were treated as much lower than that. Orestes Brownson was critical of contemporary reformers who advocated only individual or "internal" change because it did not help everyone and people were still left “to toil”. Those who only were seeking personal reform were not helping the common good of the country. He believed
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1830s to the 1880s‚ transcendentalism is usually considered the principal expression of romanticism in America. Many prominent ministers‚ reformers‚ and writers of the era were associated with it‚ including Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)‚ Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)‚ Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)‚ Theodore Parker (1810–1860)‚ Bronson Alcott (1799–1888)‚ and Orestes Brownson (1803–1876). Various organizations and periodicals gave the movement shape. The earliest was the so-called "Transcendental Club"
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returns from the Trojan war to reclaim his sister-in-law Helen from the Trojans. Electra and her brother Orestes plot to kill their mother and her lover to revenge his death. Both authors wrote about the same plot‚ but the built the story very differently. Sophocles focused on Orestes‚ and Euripides focused more on the life of Electra. In Sophocles’s version‚ the play opens with Orestes learning his fate from the Pythian Oracle; he must revenge his father’s death unarmed and alone. He sends
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the Eumenides‚ the resolution of the trial indicates that justice does not always have to arise from the rules of systematic court. Based on the will of Apollo‚ Orestes is ordered to avenge his father and thus‚ Orestes’ actions are justified because he will suffer if he opposes the gods. However‚ even though the conclusion to free Orestes is just‚ there is no evidence provided for Apollo’s claims nor any validity in Athena’s decision. In other words‚ the lack of proof and validity shows that the justice
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apparent. The main characters Orestes and Electra show through their actions that they would not be considered “good”. Aristotle states in his Poetics that there are four key components to a good character‚ “first and foremost is that the characters be good…the second requisite is to make the character appropriate…third is to make the character lifelike…fourth is to make them consistent…or consistently inconsistent.” (31) When these standards are applied to analyzing Orestes and Electra‚ their actions
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circumstance can be found on page 251‚ when Athena is defeated by the crisis of Orestes case and calls upon ten citizens to be judges. This seems out of place because Gods do not require help from mortals‚ rather mortals seeking guidance from the Gods. The case itself appears corrupt from the start due to the fact that an even number of judges are appointed. Athena then announces before the ruling that in the event of a tie‚ Orestes wins. This paper will seek to reveal why an immortal God would appoint
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awaken and convert sinners so that they might receive salvation. Charles G. Finney believed that when the churches were reformed‚ sinners‚ harlots‚ drunkards and infidels would be awakened and inspired to act with moral correctness in society. Reformers were far more numerous and influential in the North than in the South. Nonetheless‚ whatever the impulse was‚ many different groups mobilized throughout the nation to bring about reform. One group known as the transcendentalists‚ and their visions
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Orestes says “He said to kill the way they killed‚ and claim my birthright like a savage bull‚ or pay the penalty myself with a life gripped by evil‚ and full of pain.” (Orestes‚ The Libation Bearers‚ 274-277). And to add to that‚ Orestes does not take any pride for his deed in killing his mother. If he could choose‚ he probably would not kill his mother for what she did. Orestes tells the chorus of eastern slave women “I grieve for our family
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