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  What is Ralph Waldo Emerson talking about in his essay "Self-Reliance?"  

  Posted by lulu90 on Nov 17, 2009 at 09:41 PM

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  How are Emerson's ideas and theories in "Nature" different from other writers' ideas and theories?

  Posted by eks22 on Nov 12, 2009 at 05:00 PM

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  What is Emerson's purpose in writing about self-reliance? Is his purpose similar to that of "from Nature"

  Posted by soccerdude on Nov 5, 2009 at 08:40 PM

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  How can I explain this quote by Emerson "life is not intellectual or critical, but sturdy".

  Posted by carina5 on Nov 3, 2009 at 06:07 PM

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  Could you explain to me what Ralph Emerson is trying to say in his essay "The Poet"?

  Posted by cb63 on Oct 30, 2009 at 12:56 PM

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  What does this mean: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."  

  Posted by bartmax on Oct 21, 2009 at 08:11 AM

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  Choose a work by Emerson or Thoreau and demonstrate how the text is an example of Transcendental thought.

  Posted by everildo on Sep 10, 2009 at 04:03 PM

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  What are themes in Emerson's essay "Self Reliance"

  Posted by spongy365 on Aug 25, 2009 at 06:24 PM

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  Who wrote these quotations: "I am going to move to a new city and start all over as a virgin" and "Truth is greater than the affectation of love"?  

  Posted by roncace on Aug 2, 2009 at 06:57 AM

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  David in "Giovanni's Room", David feels forced to  live in Europe, what exactly prevents him from being what Emerson references as "whole?"

  Posted by ahailia05 on Jun 28, 2009 at 10:18 AM

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  What is connection between The Scarlet Letter and Transcendentalism?

  Posted by englishwishes on Jun 17, 2009 at 05:19 PM

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  What are some songs or movies that express the ideas of Transcendentalism?

  Posted by failingengish on Jun 16, 2009 at 07:09 PM

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  What are the contrast in the issues that are raised in these writings and how do the authers use metaphoric language?

  Posted by ellyragg on Apr 11, 2009 at 03:57 PM

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  What does Emerson say about work in "Self-Reliance"?

  Posted by lancey199 on Mar 22, 2009 at 09:07 AM

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  What is the plot overview of the essay "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson?  

  Posted by alfi on Mar 18, 2009 at 04:46 AM

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  Why is Emerson lumped together with the rest of the Transcendentalists, when his philosophy/style is so clearly different from the others'?

  Posted by hillers on Mar 3, 2009 at 11:16 AM

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  What are the similarities and differences between Emerson's philosophy and the religious thought of the Second Great Awakening?

  Posted by jasmine13 on Nov 20, 2008 at 10:14 AM

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  What are the metaphors in Emerson's quote, "this thought which is called I is the mould into which the world is poured?"

  Posted by poem on Oct 22, 2008 at 09:33 AM

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  Paraphrase this epigram from Emerson's "Nature": "To a man laboring under calamity, the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it."

  Posted by lexishanklin on May 21, 2008 at 09:41 AM

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  Hows does Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self Reliance" relate to ideas of "Huckleberry Finn"?

  Posted by tnoh on Apr 28, 2008 at 11:16 AM