The Transcendentalist

did not wish to live an isolated life, as she clearly wanted very much to see the person she writes about. If Dickinson was truly a transcendentalist, then she would never begin to mention the possible benefits of having someone else involved in her life, as it defies all transcendentalist beliefs. Furthermore, the pure accusation of Dickinson being a transcendentalist purely on her social life and not based upon any further information is preposterous, as the movements are mainly dictated upon…

America aboard the Pequod A deceiving ship sailing through the ocean appears to be an island of equality but is actually a symbol of doom. “...then the rushing Pequod, freighted with savages, and laden with fire, and burning a corpse, and plunging into that blackness of darkness, seemed the material counterpart of her monomaniac commander's soul ” (Melville). In Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick”, Melville creates an image of America and its qualities through a ship called the Pequod while…

Transcendentalists theorize that conforming to society and the institutions found within not only exhaust the virtue of the individual, but also deteriorate a community’s ability to thrive and prosper. This theory serves as the very fundamentals of transcendentalism, a philosophical movement that had strong faith in the good of people and nature. To transcendentalists, it is not the physical experiences or institutions that emanate the fundamentals of transcendentalism, it is the qualities of…

a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual. Songs like, “I Am Not A Robot,” by the Marina and the Diamonds is a perfect example of transcendentalist ideals, which was a major theme within the Romanticism period. The song teaches the value of being a unique individual, instead of conforming to society's ideals. In the song, a person is trying to fit in with different crowds of people and…

think on their own and individualize themselves. Transcendentalists believed in experiencing the world for what it was and learning through experience. They also believed that society interfered with one’s true understanding of the world and they encouraged people to think independently because that was when they were at their best. This philosophy did not only apply to thinking, but to literature as well. Although there were many transcendentalists…

One of the most significant impacts of the transcendentalist movement was Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. An example of the transcendentalists impact on Huckleberry Finn may be found in chapter twenty-two when Sherburn delivers a speech on human nature. In this speech he condemns the coward and mob mentality present in the average man. This condemnation was also supported by transcendentalists. Furthermore, as Huck grows up over the course of the novel, he slowly…

Transcendentalists advocated that society pollutes a person’s morals and that withdrawing from society’s influences could give people a true chance for independence. In his essay Civil Disobedience, Thoreau supported breaking laws if he believed they were unjust…

is where “Self Reliance” by Emerson came to effect. The core transcendentalist writers wanted to break off from organized religion while keeping religious and spiritual values. “The Transcendentalists set themselves against what they considered to be materialism, conformity, and played out liberalism.”(Timko) Many think that transcendentalists broke off from religion completely. However that belief is far from true. Transcendentalists kept practicing their religion. “There is no doubt that…

Ben Franklin, an eighteenth century inventor, poet and writer was in many ways similar and different to the transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. Both men had a way of doing things, even though they were following different ways of living. Ben Franklin would write a daily plan/goal for the day in a virtue journal. The virtue journal would give Franklin virtues he would have to follow for the day, in which he had trouble. One of the virtues he had was industry. The ideas that come from it…

Transcendentalists believed in multiple interesting things that could possibly change people’s lives. These interesting people believed in things such as civil disobedience, nature, and self-reliance. They flourished during the 1800s in the United States of America. The songs I will be comparing Transcendentalism to are “Spring Day” by BTS, “Thunder” by EXO, “Gotta Go My Own Way” by High School Musical, and “Love Myself” by Hailee Steinfeld. Transcendentalists were very keen on the idea of…