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    Although the transcendentalism movement was an extremely long time ago the ideas are still pertinent today. When Henry David Thoreau said‚ “Let him step to the music which he hears‚ however measured or far away. It is not important that he should mature as soon as an apple tree or an oak”(247)‚ that he would be telling people to be themselves many generations later. The transcendentalism movement took place during the early 1800’s when America was developing its own writing

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    The poetry of Emily Dickinson is the embodiment of transcendentalism. It is both pondering and appreciative of human nature and the world in which human nature exists. In her poetry‚ Dickinson exhibits the questioning spirit characteristic to the spiritual hunger of the era during which she lived and expresses her curiosity concerning many of the cornerstones of the human experience. In one of her poems‚ Dickinson proclaimed that she “saw New Englandly.” She possessed a vision shaped by her “Puritan

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    General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience the different types of transcendentalism Organizational Pattern: Logical pattern Thesis: There are many different tenets of transcendentalism. 3 major ones are: self-reliant‚ idealism‚ and spiritual realm. Introduction I. Attention Grabber: “Into the wild” book required to read in most high schools II. S-A-T Orientation (Establish Credibility and Relate Yourself to the Audience: I as well as many of my peers hated the book

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    Anti-Transcendentalism Evil. Sin. Destruction. They are all used to describe a movement whose ideas go against those of transcendentalism. These terms are all aspects of a movement from the 1830’s known as Anti-Transcendentalism or Dark Romanticism. Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ a poet from Massachusetts was a Dark Romantic. He was well known for including gruesome aspects in his stories and poems. In his work‚ he demonstrated his negative thoughts of mankind. “The Ocean‚” one of his most famous pieces of

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Transcendentalism In my essay I would like to provide an overview of Transcendentalism and its times. My other goal is in this paper to introduce Ralph Waldo Emerson’s most important essay: The American Scholar. To achieve these goals‚ I have separated the parts of this theme. After a detailed introduction in the first section‚ I determine what Transcendentalism really is. In the next section‚ I would like to write about the connection between Nature and Emerson’s way

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    or the Narrator. The Narrator continues to do his job throughout the book while Bartleby; the newly hired scrivener prefers not to do anything other than copy papers and eventually‚ does not do anything at all. One of the main principles of transcendentalism as described by Emerson is to embrace individuality; he states “envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better‚ for worse”(Emerson). In the story‚ Bartleby “prefers” not to do anything that the Narrator asks

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    Not many people take the time out of their day to just sit and think. They could even just think about nothing. Sometimes nothing is the most anybody can even think about. Though most people are ensnared in their ever-growing schedules‚ others do take the time to just think about nothing. Some even spend their whole lives thinking about nothing except the reason for their existence. I’ve always admired people that do this‚ but I‚ too‚ am much more concerned about my daily tasks. In Jon Krakauer’s

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    Transcendentalism Wrap-Up Project Some of the songs on the CD aren’t exactly clear on their transcendentalist properties‚ so I decided to just be Thoreau (yes that is a pun) and go through and define the songs’ transcendentalist properties. Tracks 1.) The Dive by Eyedea & Abilities- Aside from being an awesome and thought provoking song‚ this track opens up the ideas of Emerson’s Self- Reliance for me pretty well. The song talks about how someone goes out to look for the meaning of life and existence

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    Caught in a Wake of Illusions To remain‚ or not to remain: that is the question. In The Awakening‚ a novella by Kate Chopin‚ the main character‚ Edna‚ explores the depth of this question as she awakens from her blind submission to society’s demands. Realizing for the first time in her life that she is trapped in a box culturally deemed appropriate for women‚ she struggles to break free and pursue individuality. In the processes of trying to find herself‚ she sacrifices society’s approval‚ her husband’s

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    I believe in myself that I can do and have anything I desire. Unfortunately‚ sometimes I do not achieve my goal but‚ my confidence allows me to work harder for it until I achieve it. Although‚ I share a great amount of commonalities with transcendentalist‚ I was raised extremely spoiled‚ therefore‚ I own too much materialism which I know I do not need to be happy in

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