become a negative impact on people’s lives around the world and it needs to stop. A negative impact on lives can be seen as a class not reaching their potential because of a person’s point of view or beliefs. In the play‚ The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail‚ Henry David Thoreau was a spectacular teacher who believed in Transcendentalist views. Henry was to teach his students directly from the textbooks‚ but because of his views‚ he disregarded
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Ralph Waldo Emerson’s maxim‚ “Speak your latent conviction‚ and it shall be the universal sense”‚ Emerson supports the notion of individuality and conveying one’s beliefs without the fear of controversy. This maxim relates to the play‚ “The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail”‚ in which the main character Henry doesn’t conform societal expectations and stays true to his beliefs. While instructing a class of students‚ Henry refuses to teach according to the school’s curriculum. He is criticized by the Deacon and
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Transcendentalism in The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail In order to discuss a topic‚ one must know what said topic is. Transcendentalism is a movement in the nineteenth century and it encourages the idea of individualism‚ dislike for materialism‚ a strong connection to nature‚ and to rely on one’s intuition above all else. This belief and the well-educated people who followed it were decades ahead of their time‚ as it was for self-independence and was against slavery. These philosophies are established
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[Em]brace Oneself: Transcendentalism is Coming Despite the fact that strength can be found in numbers‚ creativity most often cannot. Does a plethora of strength celebrate more meaning than immense creative freedoms? The movement of Transcendentalism explores this concept from the year 1840 through the exposition of the American Civil War‚ following the Gothic and Romanticism movements and preceding the Realism movement. At this time in the United States‚ a shift of personal experience and writing
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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Study Questions 1. Thoreau has a unique perspective on even something like the alphabet. What is that perspective? How does it relate to Emerson’s ideas about conformity? Thoreau believes that you shouldn’t be forced to say the alphabet one particular way. Say it backwards‚ or start in the middle. Emerson had said‚ “Cast conformity behind you.” Conformity is doing things just like everyone else. Obviously‚ Thoreau doesn’t do things like everyone else.
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Lydian sends Edward with Henry to go huckleberry hunting. Edward says he wishes Henry was his father‚ a sentiment he later repeats to his mother. Lydian suggests that Henry should get married‚ and he says nature is his chosen bride. Back in the jail cell‚ Bailey asks Henry to be his lawyer‚ but Henry refuses. The action shifts to Walden Woods‚ where Henry feeds an escaped slave‚ Henry Williams‚ on his way to Canada. The time shifts ahead‚ and Henry and Waldo argue about the fact that Waldo is not
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Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Questions 1. The play was written a while back so now in modern time the perspective is different than it would of been when it was first written. 2. He encouraged others to be their own individual persons. 3. She is trying to say that her son never does what other people do and is always on the opposite side of the crowd. You can say he is trying to be a rebel. Henry has always being the opposite of society for example he was the only baby that didn’t cry while
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In The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail‚ a greatly emphasized theme is the idea of being unique from others by taking the initiative to undertake your own . The idea of individualism is an important quality of transcendentalism‚ and it is greatly implied in the play that people who strive to be their own self do better in life compared to a person who aims to be like another person. Individualism means to try new things that set you apart from the normal way of doing things. In my opinion‚ one of the
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Monday 7:00 PM Walden (1854) By: Henry David Thoreau I have always been a fan of Henry Thoreau; my house is littered of quotes of his that I like to think I live my life by. One of my favorites is very apparent in this entry from Walden‚ a book that I have read many times‚ “That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest”. Thoreau’s two years that he spent at Walden Pond are rooted in this sentiment‚ and I couldn’t agree more. Thoreau starts off by explaining his two-year project
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Individual follows his own set of rules While Emerson and Thoreau certainly have difference of opinions‚ they recognize the need for public discussion and discourse. a.“Self-Reliance” and “Civil Disobedience” supports individuality and personal expression. b. Views of society and government c. Passionate belief in the necessity of rights http://thoreau.eserver.org/wendy.html The two authors Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ and Henry David Thoreau‚ are similar in many ways. A first example would be
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