Transcendentalism

Ralph Waldo Emerson, a 19th century poet, shook the country with his eye-catching lectures and philosophical beliefs. In his essay, “Self-Reliance,” he uses sundry figures of speech to impart his beliefs to his readers. To come to the point, Emerson assertsthat you can choose your path in life and make the best out of it. To begin with, Emerson’s ways of using figures of speech is complicated but expressive. Some of the figures of speech I detected were metaphors and personifications.…

Benjamin Franklin and Ralph Waldo Emerson shared very similar ideas in regard to human behavior, yet these two men believed in opposing outcomes that derived from following these relatively similar life styles. Emerson and Franklin both believed that by controlling one's desire and impulsive nature, one could vastly improve themselves as well as their own purpose in society. That discipline and thoughtfulness were cornerstones to a productive life. Their results, however, at times contrast…

Emerson believes that an individual must stand for his or her own thoughts and actions and not conform to society’s influences. A self-reliant individual is more capable of becoming a stronger person because of their willingness to speak their own mind. Emerson portrays this message when he writes, “It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the…

Gnostic evil and the postmodern In the context of depth psychology, a link between individual experiences, gnosis and the contemporary world becomes self-evident. Therefore, during the course of the twentieth century, numerous movements embrace both esoteric spirituality and everyday encounters in multiple and highly individualised ways, providing a 'creative reinterpretation of traditional esotericism under the impact of modernity' (Hanegraaff 1996, 383). These groups are often embedded in new…

Nathan Bedford Mrs. Nancy Turner A.P. English 9/18/14 The Sage of Concord Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803, in Boston, Massachusetts to Ruth Haskins and William Emerson. He was one of the first and possibly most popular transcendental poets. His father, a Unitarian minister, raised him very lovingly but strictly; he died when he was only eight years old. This caused him to grow very close to his mother, siblings, and his aunt, Mary Moody. He began writing journals soon after his…

During the eighteen-hundreds, a new literary movement began to emerge, known as “Romanticism”. This radical movement emphasized imagination and emotion. One of the most prodigious romantic authors of his time, Nathaniel Hawthorne, explored these new-founded themes in several of his short stories such as “Young Goodman Brown”, “Rappaccini’s Daughter”, and “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment”. Using his own unique themes, Hawthorne develops the the romantic themes of focus on the self and the individual,…

Author Ralph Waldo Emerson was a very intelligent and wise author. He wrote very detail and wise information. I agree with one of Ralph Waldo Emerson statements. The statement is "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." If you already mastered something and know everything about that one thing. They're still things you need to still master. Technically you still have not grown just yet. For example lets say if you were a performer at the…

"There I feel that nothing can befall me in life- no disgrace, no calamity, which nature cannot repair...I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God" (Emerson 214). Ralph Waldo Emerson uses this quote in his piece Nature. Emerson speaks of the many challenges that nature can amend. Nature can help to solve any causality or issue. He believes that nature guides him exemplified by, "currents of the Universal Being circulate…

Thomas Cole – founder of the Hudson River School – once stated, “Must I tell you that neither the Alps nor the Appenines, no, nor even Aetna itself, have dimmed, in my eyes, the beauty of our own Catskills? It seems to me that I look on American scenery, if it were possible, with increased pleasure. It has its own peculiar charm – a something not found elsewhere. I am content with nature: would that I were with art!” (Notable Hudson River Quotes). This quote was part of this movement that began…

Friedrich Schlegel, a German poet, defined romanticism as, “literature depicting emotional matter in an imaginative form”. Romanticism was a movement in literature that was popular during the 18th century that primarily focused on the individual through imagination, freedom and emotion; feeling was valued over emotion. Edgar Allen Poe and Longfellow are two well-known writers who incorporated romanticism in their works. The romanticism traits of imagination and awe of nature are depicted in…