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Paragraph Analysis of 'Experience' by Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages each sentence of a paragraph featured in Emerson's 1841 essay is analyzed. One source is cited in the bibliography....

Explication of Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

The American Scholar and Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

America of the Past and Future in the Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Alexis de Tocqueville According to Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Paraphrasing the 'Self Reliance' of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Walt Whitman and the Influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

The Poet Essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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...

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Thomas Paine Compared

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

Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson and its Problems

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson' 'Self Reliance'

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

Walt Whitman and the Influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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 Review of Circles by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

'Self Reliance' by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Summary and Analysis of 'Nature' by Ralph Waldo Emerson

denominator in all of his writings; however, this keen awareness was truly evident within the literary boundaries of Nature. In a...

Walden by Henry David Thoreau and the Time Concept

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

Overview of Walden by Henry David Thoreau

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, ...

Solitude Perspectives of May Sarton and Henry David Thoreau

be? soliloquy that we are allowed an insight into the extent of his grief and suicidal tendencies, and in O, what a rogue and peas...

Unjust Laws According to Henry David Thoreau

a serious subject for examination. Unjust Laws Exist Thoreau had chosen to life that was in some respects that of a recluse an...

American Literature's Romantic Movement

in the goodness of man and the mans natural state is in nature and is burdened by civilization (Campbell). The doctrine of sensibi...

Perfection Seeking in Literature

Using these two authors as our information base, we might say that one, in light of our life today, chose an unrealistic goal. The...

Economic and Political Freedom Views

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

Democracy Benefits and Risks

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

Social Inequities According to Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Eugene O'Neill

just enough on the ball to attempt to rise to a higher level. However, the plays hero is not a particularly unique or sensitive i...

Benjamin Franklin on the Relationship Between Society and Self

In eleven pages this paper considers Benjamin Franklin's perspectives on society and self in comparison with the views of Thomas H...

Citizenship Responsibilities

between the citizen and the government? Throughout the ages many great men have spouted views on politics regarding the role of ...

U.S. Society and 'the Creative Outsider'

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

Just Law, Unjust Law, and the Perspectives of Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King Jr.

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

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

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

Materialism and Walden by Henry David Thoreau

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