Self-Reliance Questions and Answers
A Foolish Consistency Is The Hobgoblin Of Little Minds
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson mean by "Whoso would be a man must be a noncomformist"?
Explain what Emerson means by "envy is ignorance" in "Self-Reliance."
Society Everywhere Is In Conspiracy Against The Manhood
What does Emerson mean when he says, "To be great is to be misunderstood"?
What was Emerson's opinion on consistency and conformity?
What is Emerson referring to when he alludes to the relationship between man and the vegetable?
There Is A Time In Every Man's Education
What does Emerson mean by saying "immortal palms" in his quote "he who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness"? I understand he is saying we shouldn't follow the "mainstream" of society, but why exactly does he want to say by adding the phrase immortal palms? Does it mean something in particular? If so, what exactly? Or is it just word to add clarification on a subject?
What does Emerson say about society?
Explain Emerson's quote, "For nonconformity the world...a sour face," and say if the world still punishes nonconformity.
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson mean when he says "And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny"?
What is society's main purpose according to Ralph Waldo Emerson in "Self-Reliance"?
Who is Emerson's intended audience in "Self-Reliance"?
What is the tone of "Self-Reliance"?
How does Emerson define nonconformity?
What is the main idea of "Self-Reliance"?
What does Emerson mean by "...luster of the firmament of bards and sages"?
What does Emerson mean when he writes the aphorism “envy is ignorance, imitation is suicide”?
What does Emerson say about traveling, and what does he mean by "whim"?
What does Emerson mean by "that divine idea which each of us represent" in his essay "Self-Reliance"?
In "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Emerson, what does the following quote mean?
Why is imitation suicidal?
What is genius according to Emerson?
In Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance," what does he mean by the passage, "[We are] guides, redeemers and benefactors, obeying the Almighty effort and advancing on Chaos and the Dark."
Do you agree or disagree that Emerson believes it is vital for all people to be nonconformists?
In "Self-Reliance," what does "the eye was placed where one ray should fall" mean?
What does Emerson mean by self-reliance? What are Emerson's major points?
Read lines 12–24 and restate the central idea from Emerson's "Self-Reliance."
What does Emerson mean when he talks about his impulses: "[...] but if I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil"? I don't quite grasp what Emerson means at this point in his essay when he talks with his friend about impulses, and if they were from good or evil. Did he not care if he did bad things?
In Emerson's "Self Reliance," how does one define "society" and one's place in it?
What does the quote "Every heart is tuned to that string" mean from "Self- Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson?
In “Self-Reliance,” describe what Emerson compares to these things and events: planting corn, an iron string, a joint-stock company, and a shadow on a wall.
Explain the statement "It is a deliverance that does not deliver" in "Self-Reliance."
What is the only law Emerson can hold sacred?
In "Self-Reliance," what are the barriers that prevent us from self-reliance according to Emerson?
How does Emerson feel about envy and imitation in "Self-Reliance"?
explain the meaning of the quotation by Emerson that say there is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ingnorance; that imitation is suicide; select a supporting quotation
Who is Emerson's audience in "Self-Reliance"?
What does the simile "words as hard as cannon balls" mean?
What ideas are expressed in paragraphs 5 and 6?
What does "I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions," mean?
Why does Emerson believe that "consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"?
Who is the "Aboriginal Self" or the "Trustee" according to Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance"?
What does "aspirants to be noble clay plastic under the Almighty effort" from "Self-Reliance" mean?
In regards to "Self-Reliance," does Emerson value original thought or traditional wisdom more?
What's an example of an anecdote from "Self-Reliance"?
Why is the life of a rose more important than life of man, according to "Self-Reliance"?
In "Self-Reliance," how does society affect what people value?
What does Emerson say about work in "Self-Reliance"?
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