Although Transcendentalism as a historical movement was limited in time from the mid 1830s to the late 1840s and in space to eastern Massachusetts‚ its ripples continue to spread through American culture. Beginning as a quarrel within the Unitarian church‚ Transcendentalism’s questioning of established cultural forms‚ its urge to reintegrate spirit and matter‚ its desire to turn ideas into concrete action developed a momentum of its own‚ spreading from the spheres of religion and education to literature
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Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne both use characters of an irregular disposition to display their insignificance in the grand scheme of things. Melville’s characters are more relatable having a narrator who interacts with the protagonist‚ while Hawthorne resigns his narrator to the role of a cynical observer. In the case of both Bartleby and Wakefield‚ the stage is set by a general fixation of the narrator with the protagonists. Melville’s narrator proclaimed that Bartleby “was a scrivener
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It isn’t until Aylmer prompts the discussion of her having it removed that she begins to think of it as any less (Hawthorne‚ par. 3). It is at this point that she begins to doubt her ideas of said “charm”. Later in the story she remarks that she has always hated the mark contradicting what she said here (par. 51). Due to this boiling hatred Georgiana throws caution to
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The winter imagery poem I chose that I felt captures the essence of Canadian winters is called “An Ontario Poem”. This poem provides expressive words and vivid examples to provide the reality of Canadian winters. The first couple of stanzas explains just how vigorously the wind blows also showing the reality of just how cold it really gets. It portrays this by stating “...and the gentle breezes blow at seventy-five miles an hour at thirty-five below”. The following four lines discuss how we love
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not love you. It runs away and hides itself‚ because it is afraid of something on your bosom. Now‚ see! There it is‚ playing‚ a good way off.” (Hawthorne‚ 173). “And‚ mother‚ the old dame said that this scarlet letter was the Black Man’s mark on thee‚ and that it glows like a red flame when thou meetest him at midnight‚ here in the dark wood.” (Hawthorne‚ 174). Hester and Pearl take a walk in the woods where Pearl chases the sun. Pearl tells Hester about the Black Man in the forest which was an
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Three different political movements; the Populist‚ Labor‚ and Progressive‚ occurred between 1892 and 1912‚ that had well thought intentions on taking care of the workers‚ including children who made large profits by working extraordinary shifts and in unsafe conditions for big manufactures. Only the Progressive movement was successful in moving into the mainstream political limelight and gained acceptance throughout the nation. The Populist movement worked on the platform of helping the farmers.
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Lana Winters changed my life. The first time Lana Winters walked in the shot of American Horror Story‚ I was hooked. She was smart‚ beautiful‚ and intriguing. I’d had girl crushes before‚ even been with some girls‚ but Lana Winters changed my life. Lana Winters helped me realize two important things. One- I was gay for sure. I had always written myself off as just experimenting‚ that it was just a phase and I would grow out of it. I was a good‚ christian girl‚ I knew this wasn’t a real thing. The
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people who are obsessed with Western art music all over the world. Most people have heard of Antonio Vivaldi’s music concerto “spring”‚ but not really familiar with the rest of the three seasons: “summer”‚ “fall”‚ “winter”. In my knowledge‚ I think that the winter one is most interesting concerto out of four seasons. The paper compares the “winter” concerto with the other three season of Vivaldi’s music. Who did Vivaldi name it as winter but not spring‚ summer either fall. His music can magically
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Sociology and Perspective Paper When I look to the future‚ I do not know the ideal job I want to be doing yet. What I do know is that I want to be behind the camera in my career path. I learned when I was a junior in high school that I loved to record and edit video. Now you fast forward to college and it is now what I plan on earning my degree in. I have big place in my heart for entertaining people. With video and photography‚ I can bring my creative ideas in my head to a visual image that
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For my study‚ How Learning and Using Computer Technology Skills Affect Traditional Experienced Teachers in the Christian School‚ I plan to use a phenomenological approach as I gather and analyze my data. Since phenomenology focuses on the structure and essence of experiences of a particular phenomenon for a group of people‚ this is appropriate for my study. I seek to understand the essence of being an experienced teacher who is presented with the new challenge of learning and integrating computer
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