English 303 Semester Final Review Answer the questions or complete the sentences. There is an answer for every number. Unit 1 1. List the three core values Puritan literature in Unit 1 share: a. Piety b. Courage c. Industry 2. In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”‚ why did Jonathan Edwards fiery sermon use imagery‚ such as being held in God’s hand over a lake of fire and brimstone? Jonathan Edwards wanted to create a mental picture for the audience. The imagery emphasizes the intensity
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University of Bouzareah Faculty of Letters and Languages Departement of English RESEARCH PAPER PREPARED ON : An Overview of the American Literary Periods Submited by : YAHIAOUI HAMDOUD ALANE Academic Year: 2012 / 2013 Early American Fiction (1492-1789) Literature is told through the oral tradition. Works largely consist of origin myths‚ legends‚ chants‚ and other stories. Spiritual forces show up in water‚ land‚ animals‚ etc. which shows a major theme in
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same ideas that were thought to be too free and wild are actually seen as fairly tame and mild. Writers such as Walt Whitman‚ Ralph Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were all misunderstood by society during their lives. The typical lifestyle during the time of the early transcendentalists was very slow and the thinking was traditional; therefore‚ when Whitman‚ Thoreau‚ and Emerson started sharing their ideas that went against the traditional way of life‚ they were seen as uncivilized and outspoken. Now
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Henry David Thoreau wrote in his book Civil Disobedience: "Must the citizen ever for a moment‚ or in the least degree‚ resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first‚ and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law‚ so much as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right." (Henry David Thoreau Quotes) This is the quote which I had at the top
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life was through the viewpoints. Differentiating arguments from these writers‚ such as John Winthrop or Jonathan Edwards‚ who believe what the colonists are doing are for the grace of God and war was necessary‚ while other writers‚ such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman‚ believed that Nature was the divine
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individuals owe their very existence to group behaviour. Human beings almost never live outside groups‚ and if they do‚ it is usually only briefly. True hermitism is extremely rare. Even such recluse authors and rugged individualists as Ralph Waldo Emerson (who wrote "nothing can bring you peace but yourself" in his essay ‘Self-Reliance’) depended on the publishing house and national sales to make him world famous and shore up his lifestyle. As a society‚ which has grown up with the development
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Ignorant Heroics If one were to walk methodically through an art gallery viewing the lovely artworks of the past you’d have to really stop and notice those of the Renaissance. These statues usually period pieces from Italian or French masters such as Donatello or Praxiteles were always sculpting realistic visions of the Gods such as Hermes. In a more popular example even modern man was made too look grand yet realistic in the sculpture of David done by Michelangelo. All depictions in Ancient
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The story of Stuff. “Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson. The story of stuff is basically about the causes and effects of production‚ distribution and disposal on people and the world as a whole. Annie Leonard‚ an environmental activist clearly states ways companies in the United States misuse our natural resources through deforestation and so many other ways to feed their selfish needs. In the
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At the end of the day‚ everyone wants to go to bed feeling happy. How happy do people consider themselves? How do people define their own happiness? Becoming interested in this subject might help determine how to ultimately fulfill someone with this certain feeling‚ yet there are so many factors to achieve it. Such as physical and mental health‚ money‚ success and purpose‚ and finally culture and time. These factors can be controlled‚ while some may not. Ultimately in life everyone is trying to achieve
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Ralph Waldo Emerson once said‚ "People only see what they are prepared to see." A statement so veridical‚ that the people to whom it implies are either not capable of understanding it or simply cannot accept it. In fact‚ most of humanity can read the undeniably prodigious quote ad infinitum‚ without comprehending the profound meaning behind it. There are four types of individualities‚ each reacting to the quote in a different manner. And how individuals react to it‚ determines their general responses
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