"In the woods‚ we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life‚ - no disgrace‚ no calamity (leaving me my eyes)‚ which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground‚ - my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space‚ - all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God." -Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Nature (1836) In his essay
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Nature and expansionism greatly shaped the American identity during the Romantic era by showing that America would do what it took to expand and grow‚ even if it meant treating the natives poorly‚ as well as artists and authors creating an idealistic and worldly focus on nature as illustrated in Thomas Cole’s Falls of the Kaaterskill and Emmerson’s Nature. During Andrew Jackson’s presidency‚ America was undergoing a rapid expansion out west which meant there was a possibility to grow the economy
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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” This quote was taken from transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ who believed that individuality was the greatest armament that any man could hold. Emerson stressed the importance of taking one’s role in society and making oneself distinguished in that role. In Emerson’s Self-Reliance‚ these ideas are demonstrated through his writing. Emerson believes that God has given every person
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Introduction Countless Filipinos often appreciate foreign movies rather than be pleased about our own local works. Foreign film is not only foreign in terms of the country of production‚ but also in terms of the language used. We can see in our entertainment industry that art pieces from other countries are much preferable. As we all know‚ foreign movies are so popular here in our country‚ Filipino nowadays are getting interested in foreign films because stories were usually based from bestselling
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2012 To my friend: I read in a news article the other day that the legislature is considering to pass a law to where we wouldn’t be able to watch any violent movies from the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. What is the legislature really thinking‚ that is all day‚ 5 am to 10 pm. Okay the legislature decides to take all violent movies away from us. I can gurantee you that somehow someway‚ someone somewhere will find a way to watch them no matter what. We have the right to speak up if we don’t
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to being messy‚ rude‚ and disrespectful. The representation of masculinity has been negatively influenced through multiple types of media by including the wrong ideas of male dominance. Modern movies often negatively influence masculinity by how they portray certain characters. In almost all the movies that are released nowadays‚ people notice that the protagonist or main character is male. It doesn’t matter
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Transcendentalism is not easy to define. The people that identified themselves as transcendentalists were independent individuals. Within their philosophy that they encouraged individualism and the goodness of humankind. Transcendentalists trusted themselves to be their own authority‚ they believed in sovereignty of man‚ self-determination‚ self-sufficiency‚ and self-regulating. The transcendentalists’ movement was to some extent a response to the increasing industrialization during the late eighteenth
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Once it became the 18th century‚ the Unitarians and Universalists in New England‚ ended up contesting against the notion of predestination and believed that all individuals were capable of good deeds and were able to receive salvation. When they were able to preach the conception of salvation by free will‚ the preachers of the Second Great Awakening‚ promoted interest among Protestants in frontier revivals. The Methodist and Baptist‚ were able to gain a lot more followers which especially included
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As movies become more technologically enhanced‚ people are forgetting about the stories and books they are based on. More people should be reading the books the movies came from instead of waiting for the movie to be released in a local theater. Not only are books more substantial‚ but they can also become more entertaining than the movies themselves. Books keep a person’s mind going. A mind is filled with questions and as the wheels in your head are turning‚ your brain is being put to more use
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In the 1920s‚ movies were introduced for the first time. Movies back then were black and white‚ had no sound‚ and were usually accompanied by a live organ or piano player. Movies provided huge entertainment value‚ and audiences were fascinated by seeing a moving picture on a silver screen for the first time. The first ever theatres were called Nickelodeons‚ and were extremely basic compared to our theatres today. The actors and actresses were idolized by many around the world‚ and the people couldn’t
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