Adams, Massachusetts

behavior to see the inside of them and to find salvation. with only two from all the colonies ministers being saved, she influenced people to question the qualifications of them. these followers were called Antinomians, taking up half of people in Massachusetts Bay. her and all her followers were unfortunately banished by John Winthrop Third Anglo-Powhatan War- lasting from 1644 until 1646, this war was caused but the attack of powhatan warriors on Virginians. this attack was sparked but land…

Henry David Thoreau’s Walden consists of eighteen chapters in which he describes his two-year stay in Walden Pond. His purpose is clearly stated in chapter two titled “Where I Lived and What I Lived For”, where he states, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” Thoreau’s Walden is to be read with the knowledge that it…

Relying on yourself was a major understanding in the minds of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau, who were both part of the transcendentalist movement. Transcendentalism evolved in the middle of the 19th Century with the help of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau. Transcendentalists believed the only way to learn the truth about God, the universe, the self, and everything else, one must transcend everyday human experience to a higher being existence in nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson is “The…

In 1492, Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer, initiated colonization by Europe in the New World when he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. English and Spanish colonies grew to become very different from one another with frequent similarities. The Spanish colonies and New England greatly differed in terms of control by a European government, were both vastly similar and extremely different in terms of religion, and were largely similar in terms of treatment of indigenous…

Nature in the Wind Aspects of nature can be found just about everywhere on our planet, and because of this, many different opinions from billions of writers from across the globe conclude different theories about how nature affects the Earth and the people who live within it. From the successful Disney film, “Pocahontas,” the naturistic song, “Colors of the Wind,” composed by Stephen Schwartz, connects deeply with the transcendental values of two writings by Henry Thoreau and Ralph Emerson.…

The articles of confederation is an agreement amongst the 13 original states of America. This document was the first constitution among the states and the original drafting started in July of 1776, but it wasn’t until late 1777 when it was approved. These articles provided systems for the Revolutionary War, manage diplomacy with Europe and work around the territorial issues amongst the Native Americans. There were many long debates about this constitution on some issues of sovereignty, what and…

If you ever think of witches, you usually think of Halloween. When the term "witch" comes to mind people regularly think about a woman who is hideous, old and repulsive. Someone that maybe stews potions with supernatural matter in a cauldron or they shoot out spells with a wand. The media demonstrates to us that these witches can converse with creatures, such as cats. They additionally depict them as sinners that consort with the Devil, take children, and execute others. Many people associate…

Time and time again, society is influenced the many works of transcendentalist philosophers. Transcendentalism is the philosophical and literary movement that highlights themes of nature and spirituality while going against society and materialism. Christopher McCandless was in intelligent young man who believed in prospering through nature and the breach from the norms of society. He spent two years traipsing around the country before he ultimately starved to death in Alaska. McCandless…

Freedom from invisible bounds, that is what they were searching for. In the 1830’s and 60’s, a new way of life started: Transcendentalism. They were against the Puritan ideals of wealth and wanted a closer and more emotional relationship with God. They strived to break away from the norms and to break away from the traditions and the lifestyle society had expected them to live by, and to seek their own way of living. In Jon Krakauer’s novel, Into the Wild, Chris McCandless displays the…

Social Angst and Succumbing to Evil in Fritz Lang’s M In Fritz Lang’s film M, citizens of Berlin are horrified and on high alert due to a series of murders involving young girls. In the effort to locate and capture the killer, citizens from an array of backgrounds push the limits of morality and justice. Particularly, clear examples of social decay and human angst can be analyzed by exploring the actions of three key groups in the film: the police, the criminals, and the everyday people. An…