Essays Tagged: "Transcendentalist"

Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau

What would Henry David Thoreau, a transcendentalist in the 19th century, think if he were to visit our society today? I think Mr. Thor ... ature, and the fast paced speed at which everything has advanced to. With simplicity being the main transcendentalist idea, Thoreau would greatly criticize such advanced things as, the television or t ... nimal amount of driving because the stores are located together.The preservation of nature, another transcendentalist idea, also is not happening in our current society. With the population growing an ...

(3 pages) 90 0 4.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Usage of Symbolism in The Grapes of Wrath

array of symbolism, from transcendentalism, to foreshadowing, to biblical allusions.First, the main transcendentalist symbolism present in The Grapes of Wrath is in the character of Jim Casy. Casy is ...

(1 pages) 74 1 3.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Nathaniel Hawthorne's ideas and views

Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the greatest Anti-Transcendentalist writers ofall time. He utilized his writings to express his dark, gloomy outlo ... e same time, established him as a well known and respected author. He becamegood friends of two Transcendentalist writers of the period -- Ralph Waldo Emersonand Henry David Thoreau. He also t ... of the period -- Ralph Waldo Emersonand Henry David Thoreau. He also taught the only other Anti-Transcendentalist writerof his period -- Herman Melville. His most popular book, The Scarlet Let ...

(3 pages) 162 0 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Transcendentalism, the Philosophy of the Mind

the basic truth of theuniverse lies beyond the knowledge obtained from the senses, aknowledge that transcendentalists regard as the mere appearance ofthings (Adventures 162). Transcendentalists belie ... arance ofthings (Adventures 162). Transcendentalists believe the mind iswhere ideas are formed. The transcendentalist ideas of God, man,and the universe were not all original, but were a combination o ...

(4 pages) 183 0 2.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Emily Dickinson's Female Transcendentalist Views

h experience are contrasted by Emily Dickinson, who chose to branch off this path by showing that a transcendentalist experience could be achieved through imagination alone. These three monumental wri ... uch power, if not more than any male writer. This ironic revisions of ideas is directed at all male transcendentalists and figures in society.Both Ralph Emerson and David Thoreau used societies stereo ...

(6 pages) 125 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Hidden sins in "The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

thorne, was a divergent parable for the period it was written. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote as an anti-transcendentalist in the transcendentalist period; as a result, his view's in writings were mostly p ...

(4 pages) 152 3 3.4 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Transcendentalism, it's beliefs and history, including information on Thoreau and Emerson, including quotes

eate excellent results; but once you try and put the puzzle together you're missing several pieces. Transcendentalists endeavored to extend their ideas across the country, but failed. Their ideas were ... ideas were excellent, and their motives pure, but people could not live up to the expectations of a transcendentalist society. They were very nature-oriented, spiritual, peaceful, hopeful people. They ...

(2 pages) 114 0 4.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Hollywood Turns Transcendental .

son, and also includes other historical icons like Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mohandas K. Gandhi. Transcendentalist values hold firm in their writings and influence mainstream media, which uses thes ... mainstream media, which uses these messages to captivate an audience of bewildered young minds. The transcendentalist values concerning non-conformity, individualism, and passive resistance evident in ...

(4 pages) 35 0 0.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Ralph Waldo Emerson.

believed that the mind should be used actively with energy and passion. (Yannella, 1) Emerson was a transcendentalist who hated the thought of the mind being wasted. (Yannella, 1) In this paper I will ... lism. (Yannella, 17) Emerson quickly becomes the leading member of the group called the New England transcendentalists. (Yannella, 17) Emerson was a transcendentalist who hated the thought of the mind ...

(11 pages) 127 1 4.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

A bit about how Walt Whitman may not be the writer everyone says he is. He may qualify to be in the justice leage of writers, but if he does, he's Hawk Man.

Walt Whitman and Hawk ManWalt Whitman was not a transcendentalist. Firstly, He dose not fit into the right time period. He's to late. It can be argu ... gued that he was effected and even inspired by the movement, But so was Mya Angelo, and she's not a transcendentalist. At best he serves as a bookend. He represents the end of an era. He is the son, w ... all of the inventory and name himself employee of the month. Yes, It is difficult to talk about the transcendentalist's with out mentioning Walt Whitman. However, only in the same way that it is hard ...

(2 pages) 48 0 2.6 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

This is a report written about Transcendentlaism and how it used in society today.

TranscendentalismWhat would Henry David Thoreau, a transcendentalist in the 19th century, think if he were to visit our society today? I think Thoreau ... ature, and the fast paced speed at which everything has advanced to. With simplicity being the main transcendentalist idea, Thoreau would greatly criticize such advanced things as, the television or t ... t a much faster pace then the 1800's, and has over gone various environmental issues.The way of the transcendentalists were to be simple, in tuned with nature, to live life slowly. Society today, is t ...

(3 pages) 42 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Scarlet Letter: Title, this is about the use of symbolism and the political status of women in Puritan New England and how it relates to The Scarlet Letter. It is a critical analysis.

olism and feminine status in Puritan New England, giving The Scarlet Letter a complex plot.American transcendentalist Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Elizabeth ...

(4 pages) 213 3 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne How Hester Prynne has romantic characteristics, but is inevitably transcendental. This essay is also meant to be a short one page paper.

ued that Hester is a romantic, but with evidence provided by the novel it is apparent that she is a transcendentalist. The romantic characteristics may apply to her at times, but her character in full ... deflect it made her a problem to herself.Although Hester can be seen as both, she is, inevitably, a transcendentalist. Hester's decisions are based on her own intuitions, not that of the Puritans. The ...

(1 pages) 32 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Why Thoreau's ideas in Walden are useless in the twenty-first century

too close too them and rely on them for so many services, and that is why it is impossible for his transcendentalist philosophies to get through to people living in the twenty-first century. Life dep ...

(4 pages) 56 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Transcendentalism in Beowulf and Antigone

riods of Ancient Greece, to Medieval Europe, to Renaissance Europe, a cycle forms from a completely transcendentalist attitude to a completely theistic attitude, and back.Some of the first literature ... llating phenomenon - individualist in the 1960s, theist spirituality through the 1980s, and another transcendentalist movement in the 1990s, each shift pushing the two ideas closer together. Perhaps o ...

(8 pages) 51 0 4.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Use of Allegory in Anti-Transcententalist Literature

he use of allegory to symbolize the stupidity of vengeance. Several of the selections from the anti-transcendentalist period use allegory to symbolize ideas from the movement, such the vengeance in Mo ... instead of moments. Such is the lesson ye have taught me." This story also symbolizes another anti-transcendentalist element: the consequences of being greedy. In the end, the guests knocked over the ...

(2 pages) 38 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Jim Casy: An Unlikely American Transcendentalist

Emerson's path as well as a literal interpretation of his concept of the over-soul. Jim's American Transcendentalist beliefs are first stated early in the novel while he speaks with his prodigy Tom J ...

(8 pages) 22 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Transcendentalism - A New Revelation by Kurt Kawohl

ectronic or mechanical.Kurt Kawohl - kkawohl1@cox.net - USA - kkawohl1@cox.netContentsForeword1 The Transcendentalist2 Demystifying God3 Holy Books4 About The AuthorForewordIn this 21st Century, the A ... nergy. I submit that God is the pure energy andpure spiritual intellect of the spiritual realm.1The TranscendentalistIn the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, "We will walk on our own feet; we will work wi ...

(57 pages) 255 0 3.8 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Analysis of The Scarlet Letter

th to common place reality, especially as found in natural scenes". Nathaniel Hawthorne was an anti-transcendentalist and believed in the dark side of man, hence his dark romantic novel The Scarlet Le ...

(7 pages) 38 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

An essay that compares trancendentalist ideas in various early American writers. 780 words.

The transcendentalist mindset has been around since the Puritans, but it took men such as Emerson and Th ... his essay, I hope to identify and explain the similarities and differences between the "optimistic" transcendentalists and the "darker" writers of the time period.Emerson was the writer that most stro ...

(3 pages) 63 0 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American