Many people in our world are often trying to be self-reliant; trying to make it on their own and be original in thought and true to themselves. Many of those people end up conforming and doing what has been done in the past. They end up walking down the worn out path that so many have walked before. However‚ a famous writer named Ralph Waldo Emerson believed that you need to venture off the main path and explore new ideas if you truly want to be great. Emerson was one of the most famous examples
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Realism are similar because both Gothic Lit and Magical Realism refer to the supernatural‚ such as ghosts and time travel. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “Fall of the House of Usher” the ghost of Madeline comes to haunt Rodrick and this happens because Rodrick buries Madeline alive. The Ushers’ house falls down this happens because the rest of the Ushers died. For instance‚ “We have put her living in the tomb!” (29). This is when Rodrick goes insane and admits his sins to his best friend‚ he shows that he believes
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simple than greatness‚ to be simple is to be great". Emerson believed in simplifying life‚ he believed that the less possessions a person had the less they had to worry about. He developed a new and creative way of philosophy titled transcendentalism. Transcendentalism dealt with finding joy in nature‚ simplicity‚ and individualism. Simplicity is the state of being simple‚ uncomplicated‚ or uncompounded. Simplifying life cuts back on stress and worries. What’s the point in owning 50 pairs of shoes
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Poe’s exploration of the darker side of human nature in The Black Cat‚ Hop-Forg and Fall of the House of Usher Introduction The main themes of Edgar Allan Poe’s works are death‚ perversity‚ revenge and destruction. The settings he employed in the given short stories‚ especially in The Fall of the House of Usher and The Black Cat are Gothic. Therefore‚ naturally the mood of these stories would be dark and sepulchral. However‚ this is not a trivial employment undertaken to put the reader in a certain
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Transcendentalist were very well educated people who came together and began trying to find how to express their spiritual and religious preferences through writings. They started creating many types of personal literature‚ essays‚ poetry‚ philosophy and many more types of writing. A little after America had gained its independence from England these select few people wanted to be recognized for those who began literature in the independent states‚ beginning in Massachusetts. The transcendentalist
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Henry David Thoreau spent much time studying nature and applying those studies to the human condition. His Transcendentalist ideas shone through in his writings and his life. In “Economy” he asks‚ “Why has man rooted himself thus firmly in the earth‚ but that he may rise in the same proportion into the heavens above” (Thoreau 58). He asks this question in response to man’s ever increasing need to have more than the basic necessities of life. In other words‚ if we have warmth‚ food‚ water‚ and clothing
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Although The Masque of the Red Death and The Fall of the House of Usher are written in different view points‚ the fact that each method works well for each story is true because third-person helps to better oversee all the events taking place‚ first-person gives a heightened sense of intensity‚ and if each stories’ view point was switched then the two stories would not be the timeless classics that they are today. The Masque of the Red Death‚ written by Edgar Allen Poe in the third-person point
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Emily Dickinson is a well known Transcendentalist who became famous when her poems were published after her death. She promoted Isolationism‚ and Death in her poetry. The majority of her poems were about death and the experience of death. Emily’s poem the “Because I could not stop for death”‚ was about poem is about as a being or entity. In the beginning she spoke of how she stepped into Death’s carriage and how he nor her was in a her. They rode nearby a school filled with children playing outside
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John Brown was a fervent abolitionist who believed in the immediate and total emancipation of enslaved people. He advocated for armed resistance against slavery and believed that violent action was necessary to achieve justice. Methods: Brown believed in violent uprising‚ exemplified by his raid on Harpers Ferry‚ while Transcendentalists typically advocated for nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience. Philosophical Approach: Transcendentalists emphasized personal intuition and the inherent goodness
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greatest writers of all-time in horror literature. One of his most popular story is the twisted The Fall of the House of Usher. Roderick and his twin sister Madeline are the last of all-time honoured "House of Usher". They are both suffering from a strange illness that seemed to be spread in the family. Being ill himself and depressed by his sister’s deteriorating condition‚ Roderick seeks help from his childhood companion‚ which appears to be the narrator in the story. That companion is about to be
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