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be true to oneself in solitude, the hammer of outside voices when in the midst of society tends to sway people toward conformity. ...

This feature of transcendentalism is clearly evident in Emersons address. Emerson begins "The Divinity School Address" with a ly...

reform, but a constant, measured effort. Despite Emersons optimism, there is a lot of truth to the idea that Americans now accept...

my eyes,) which nature cannot repair" (Emerson). In this he clearly envisions nature as an entity that can fix all mans problems,...

or the ability to chart their own individual course. Although by all intents and purposes, Ralph Waldo Emerson seemed to live a...

means nothing when they are unable to see beyond what is before them to the heart of the art and the beauty of its simple being. T...

he was unhappy with the idea of being a businessman. Paine, with the soul of a revolutionary, left his small English village and e...

In five pages this paper speculates on how Tocqueville's Democracy in America may have been reacted to by Emerson. Two sources ar...

divinity that each of us possesses. The young are the best in expressing the proper faith in their own abilities because their min...

In five pages this essay is analyzed within the context of the Persius quote used by Emerson, 'Do not search outside yourself.' T...

In six pages this paper considers Ralph Emerson's influence in terms of style of writing and his transcendentalist concept of happ...

simply that Moses, Plato and Milton had the self-confidence to express themselves, which ordinary people do not. Ordinary people,...

In five pages this paper examines these writings by Emerson in terms of how they reflect his beliefs that the future should be foc...

In five pages the American legacies of Emerson and Hawthorne are considered in a contrast of their lives and writings. Four sourc...

In eight pages this paper discusses Emerson's poetry not for its original thinking but for the philosophical crossroads his works ...

his own creative energy to produce a great career for himself, but he in many ways conformed. He conformed to the needs of society...

In five pages the famous essay written by Emerson is examined in a discussion of how he equated being American with extreme indivi...

In six pages the influence of Emerson upon Whitman's poetry is examined with the primary focus being 'Song of Myself' and poetic l...

A 5 page essay analyzing the sociopolitical context of this work. Tone, imagery, form, and symbolism are detailed. 3 sources....

In five pages Emerson's 'The Poet' essay is used to evaluate the writings of Walt Whitman. Two sources are cited in the bibliogra...

From the other perspective all people are poets through their jobs, their use of symbols, their subconscious adherence to anything...

as Thoreau gets. If anything Thoreau gives us a warning about excessive public involvement: He who gives himself entirely to hi...

In seven pages this paper examines political and economic freedom in a consideration of the perspectives of Benjamin Franklin, Ale...

well have acknowledged that mankind stands alone in his endless quest for more, a concept behind the reason society is its own opp...

In six pages this paper examines how just law and unjust law are conceptualized in 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' by Martin Luthe...

In five pages this paper examines the influence of the creative outsider in America in a consideration of the texts My Antonia by ...

This paper consists of five pages and discusses the element of satire that exists within Walden by Henry David Thoreau. There is ...

rejection of the American dream likely came before he had embarked on this personal journey. He had some insight into the problem ...

theirs. Thoreau wanted to follow natures example, to "see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, ...

He describes, for instance, the different kinds of activities which he undertakes in the course...