c. 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
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In the sonnet “To Nature” Samuel Taylor Coleridge turns to nature for his source of inspiration‚ while other mock him for his belief‚ Coleridge embraces it. In line one‚ Coleridge says “It may be fantasy” when describing drawing his inspiration from “all created things”. This shows that Coleridge agrees that it is unusual what he is doing‚ but he does not care-he does it anyway. In line 5 he personifies nature saying that it teaches him “Lessons of love and earnest piety.” This is where Coleridge
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Romanticism and Realism Romanticism is the idealism for a better world. Writers believe that they can portray their beliefs and emotions though their writing. They hoped that this would encourage the people of the world to become something more than what they are now. They valued the human imagination and imposed emphasis on individual freedom and political restraints. They also had a great interest in the middle ages. The emphases on emotion lead to Dark Romanticism such as the poetry by Edgar
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Man‚ Muir and Emerson: The Ideas of Holy Environmentalism Abstract: Muir and Emerson initiated the beginnings of highlighting transcendental beliefs and connecting the thoughts of God through nature. While each author seemingly employs differing approaches to establishing this idea of holy environmentalism‚ the themes and stylings remain largely coherent with one another through the belief in nature as the inventions of God and therefore a medium in which mankind is to gain knowledge. On the surface
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Careful‚ observant‚ attentive‚ and partial to the security offered by solitude‚ the loon selects some lonely location on the borders of the lake far from the existence of men. Thoreau‚ in Walden‚ pursues the loon because it represents what Thoreau is himself searching for""the ability to be at home in two worlds‚ but also separate from both of them. To be able to reach a unity with nature and likewise successfully separate himself from society. However‚ he can’t catch the loon because this objective
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*Henry David Thoreau: He’s the most important transcendentalist. One has to self-identify first. -Style VS. Philosophy • Belief in the “Oversoul” (shared metaphysical human connectedness) • Some has to have spiritualism. (Focal point of human essence‚ Tuning in‚ tuning into the oversoul moment) • Independent‚ eclectic = you have a better understand of others than others. Men Say They Know Many Things Men say they know many things; But lo! they have taken wings‚ — The arts and sciences
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Question 1. Judging from the diction in both passages‚ what would you conclude about the education level of the two authors? What words and expressions help you to conclude this? In my opinion‚ both passages are highly educated. Both of them are interested in choosing the right words and sentence structure‚ so they could express their ideas for the audience. We can see in the essay of Emerson that he said‚ "A Hero sometimes says stuff and does stuff that makes no sense to their peers. They get
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Life‚ sometimes drives us to a world. A brutal‚ wild and merciless world that we have never met until we have some bruises and scratches on our fragile naked bodies. Silk touch of modern life disappears in the night‚ under the sparkling skies. We change in the just same way as our world revolves. It can be called as modification of nature or transformation of our being not as a male or female but as a human in the simplest form: Curious‚ full of life‚ adventurous and respectful to nature. At this
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Henry David Thoreau‚ one of the best American romantic writers of his time‚ left a huge question for us about dwelling and what that means. He explains in his essays his opinions on the subject‚ but leaves the choice of how to live up to the reader. He isn’t trying to force civilization to change‚ but he at least wants us to think about the benefits of connecting with our earth. Thoreau wants us to spend time with‚ and develop a relationship with it‚ by separating us from technology‚ and other people
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It can be said that American Literature has been profoundly influenced by specific era’s and their philosophies; some including Puritanism‚ Deism‚ Existentialism‚ etc. All of the above - mentioned‚ as well as others‚ impact American Literature with its new ideas culturally‚ socially‚ and politically. Ranging from poems to short stories‚ each of these systems of beliefs contributed from their authors‚ creating ideas that stayed with the American people. Puritanism brought forth an entire era
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