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10 Cards in this Set
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Walden
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Thoreau
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Self Reliance
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Emerson
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Ministers Black Veil
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Hawthorne
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Nature
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Emerson
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Moby Dick
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Mellvile
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Summary Ministers Black Veil
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ANTI-Trancedentalism-Isolation
Minister comes to church wearing a black veil, refuses to take it off when asked. On his death bed the minister is asked to remove the veil he says that everyone wears a black veil. |
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Moby Dick Summary
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ANTI-TRANSCENDENTALISM
Nature- Destructive-Whale ISOLATION Ahab is persistant in attempting to kill moby dick but god lives in all of the creatures on earth so essentially he will be killing god. |
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Walden Summary
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Simplicity and Self Reliance inspired his journey to be isolated. To understand society he must isolate himself from it.
SOLITUDE IS BENEFICIAL |
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Nature Summary
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Emerson discussed nature as an all encompassing divine that it comforts.
NATURE COMFORTS |
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Self Reliance Summary
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Follow your own instincts and ideas, Emerson suggests self reliance as a stepping stone towards non conformity. INDIVIDUALISM
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