Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Society is a joint-stock company in which the members agree for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater.

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Challenge the text
Restate Emersons basic opinion about society.
Identify and evaluate the evidence Emerson uses
to support that opinion.
Provide examples from everyday life to support
and refute Emersons opinion of society.

• Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the
  manhood of every one of its members. Society is a
  joint-stock company in which the members agree
  for the better securing of his bread to each
  shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture
  of the eater. The virtue in most request is
  conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It
  loves not realities and creators, but names and
  customs.

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Transcendentalism

• An intellectual movement of the 19th century.
  Transcendentalists were interested in the human
  spirit and thought that an exploration of nature
  helped people understand universal truths.

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Transcendentalism

• Believed the individual was at the center of the
  universe, more powerful than any institution
  whether political or religious (384).

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Transcendentalism

• Transcendentalism lasted on 10 years and only
  produced two major works Emersons Nature, and
  Thoreaus Walden.

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Nature

• What does this work reveal to you about
  Transcendentalism?

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Transcendentalism

• Ralph Waldo Emerson was considered the father
  of Transcendentalism in many ways.
• Struggled with his faith so much, that he began
  questioning his own beliefs and establishing his
  own philosophy
• As he struggled with his own faith, he struggled
  with the notion that machines might in the future
  replace people and the concerned him

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Transcendentalism

• Henry David Thoreau was Emersons protégé and
  followed in his footsteps by building a rough
  cottage in the woods at Walden Pond where he went
  to live alone in harmony with nature. He also
  expressed important ideas about change in
  government control with Civil Disobedience. He
  stressed the importance of the people as
  individuals being able to govern themselves.
• Abolitionist

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Thanatopsis

• Death Vision
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Theme

• Cycle of LIFE and DEATH as connected to NATURE

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The Cycle of LIFE

• The Cycle of life can be divided into 4 stages.
  In your opinion, what are the 4 stages? What
  would you use to symbolize each stage? What
  emotions, ideals, or connotations do people
  associate with each stage? Why do these stages
  apply to all cultures and all people?

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Edgar Allan Poe

• The Raven Fall of the House of Usher A
  Tell Tale Heart The Bells
• Troubled life father deserted him, mother died,
  gambling debts at school, expelled for academic
  violations at USMAWestpoint, estranged from
  stepfather et.
• Accepted as the inventor of the detective story
  psychological thrillers are still imitated today
• Remains popular even today

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Romantic and Poe

• Poe wrote mainly with a Gothic style. Gothic
  style is characterized by the following elements
  
• The story is set in bleak or remote places.
• The plot involves macabre or violent incidents.
• Characters are in psychological and/or physical
  torment.
• A supernatural or otherworldly element is often
  present.
• How does this fall under the romantic umbrella?

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The Bells

• Edgar Allan Poe

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The Bells

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Stanza I
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Stanza II
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Stanza 3
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Stanza IV
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The Bells

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Figurative Language

• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Refrain

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Emily Dickinson

• Wrote over 1775 poems but only published 7 before
  her death due to insecurities
• Asked her family to destroy her poemsthey didnt
• Lived as a recluse, isolated from society she
  dressed only in white and only her family was
  allowed to see her.
• Died in the same house she was born in

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Because I could not stop for death--

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Because I could not stop for Death

• Emily Dickinson

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Because I could not stop for death--

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Figurative Language

• Alliteration
• Personification
• Theme
• Mood

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Lyric Poem

• It expresses the feelings of a single speakers
  journey to death
• Similar to Poe? How?

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(Adapted from) How Death is Handled in Various
Cultures

• Charlotte Kuchinsky  

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Death and Cultures

• 1) Why do all cultures have clear identifiable
  rituals for handling death?
• 2) Compare/Contrast Poes and Dickinsons themes
  to a death ritual you are familiar with?
• 3) Explain how these poems are Romantic.
• 4) How does nature play a clear and connecting
  role in all of the Romantic literature we have
  seen?

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How do you View the Cycle?

• Using your free write from earlier, compose your
  own version of these poems. Your poem must
  include at least 2 of the following
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Refrain