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| Address attacks unitarian establishment and the institution of Christianity |
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| *Divinity School Address (1151) - Emerson |
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| Religion leads to happiness and therefore creates all forms of worship, Jesus inspired many people - prophet |
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| *Divinity School Address (1151) - Emerson |
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Criticizes historical Christianity
Exaggerates the ritual and does not focus enough on the soul
Exaggerates the person of Jesus
Believe God isn’t active in humanity at Present
Spiritual decay leads to society decay |
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| *Divinity School Address (1151) - Emerson |
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| Controversial speech given by Emerson |
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| *Divinity School Address (1151) - Emerson |
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| “Virtue, I am thine: save me: use me: thee will I serve, day and night, in great, in small, that I may not be virtuous, but virtue;’ ---then is the end of the creation answered and God is well please.” |
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| *Divinity School Address (1151) - Emerson |
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Need a national voice for American Literature
Poet is the representative |
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| The Poet (1180) - Emerson |
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| Only the poet knows true science - “Namer, Language-maker” |
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| The Poet (1180) - Emerson |
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| Poet has imagination and liberation |
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| The Poet (1180) - Emerson |
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| “It is secret which every intellectual man quickly learns, that, beyond the energy of his possessed and conscious intellect, he is capable of a new energy (as of an intellect doubled on itself)...This is the reason why bards love wine, mead, narcotics, coffee, tea, opium, the fumes of sandal-wood and tobacco, or whatever other species of animal exhilaration.” |
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| The Poet (1180) - Emerson |
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Questioning the roles of men and women in society
Men see women as slaves - no personal freedom
Seperate but equal = men’s view |
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| The Great Lawsuit- Margaret Fuller |
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Dualism - a female isn’t 100% woman, has some many attributes and vice versa
Issue of female desire used as a political question |
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| The Great Lawsuit- Margaret Fuller |
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| “It is inevitable that an external freedom, such as has been achieved for the nation, should be so also for every member of it. That which has been clearly conceived for the intelligence, must be acted out.” -Call to action |
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| The Great Lawsuit- Margaret Fuller |
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| At Niagra falls, feeling of sublime |
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| Summer on the Lakes in 1843- Margaret Fuller |
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| “For continually upon my mind came, unsought and unwelcome, images, such as never haunted it before, of naked savages stealing behind me with uplifted tomahawks; again and again this illusion recurred, and even after I had thought it over, and tried to shake it off, I could not help starting and looking behind me.” -Turned the sublime into something hostile and social |
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| Summer on the Lakes in 1843- Margaret Fuller |
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Brown goes to run an errand - his wife Faith begs him to stay
Meets a stranger (aka the devil) in the forest who looks like him and is generally creepy
Meets important figures in his life who are performing witchcraft - scares him - sees his wife’s ribbon
Doesn’t know if it’s a dream or reality
Eventually loses faith in Faith and humanity |
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| *Young Goodman Brown (1289)- Hawthorne |
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| A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and such thoughts that she’s afeard of herself, sometimes.” - Faith trying to use guilt to get him to stay; dreams = unconscious desires, wishes |
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| *Young Goodman Brown (1289)- Hawthorne |
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Wakefield is a man who leaves his wife on a journey
Trying to be sneaky - doesn’t want to be caught, yet there is the thrill of possibly getting caught watching
Separated from his wife for 10 years, vanished for 20
“Outcast of the Universe” |
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| “Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another, and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever.” -moral of the story |
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Reverend Hooper covers his face with a black veil - towns people find it disgusting, revolting
Never removes the veil - even up until death
Beloved Elizabeth leaves him because he won’t remove it |
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| The Minister’s Black Veil (1311)- Hawthorne |
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| “Each member of the congregation, the most innocent girl, and the man of hardened breast, felt as if the preacher had crept upon them, behind his awful veil, and discovered their hoarded iniquity of deed or thought. Many spread their clasped hands on their bosoms.” |
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| The Minister’s Black Veil (1311)- Hawthorne |
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About limits of science and hubris of rationalism, issue of desire seems to be emphasized
Aylmer’s beloved Georgiana has a birthmark on her face in the shape of a tiny hand
Aylmer doesn’t like it - makes Georgiana not like it - wants it removed
Aylmer is a scientist - makes a concoction to get rid of the birthmark - loves his experiments more than his wife
Elixir of Life removes the birthmark also also sucks all the life out of Georgiana, killing her |
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| The Birthmark (1320)- Hawthorne |
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Narrator reminiscing about his lost love Lenore
Raven perches at his window - annoys him
Sees into his soul - eventually he gets mad |
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1. (Detectives) Glance sees nothing
2. (Minister) Glance sees that 1st glance saw nothing & believes its knowledge is secret
3. (Dupin) Glance sees the first two glances leave what should be hidden exposed |
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| Her work was among the first African American response to the “tragic mulatto” myth: an image of mixed-race women as dangerous, seductive, and doomed. |
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Doesn’t initially know she’s a slave - eats well and learns to read
After mother dies, sent to live with Flint who wants to have sex with her
Outwits him - sleeps with Sands instead and has 2 children, ‘I”m your slave, but you don’t own my desire.’
Hides in an attic for 7 years to keep her kids safe (they’re living with Sands)
Escapes North and reunites with her kids |
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| Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1808) |
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Captain Amasa Delano and his ship encounter the San Dominick
Ship is in bad shape and the figurehead is covered by a tarp
Ship’s captain is Benito Cereno who is always followed by his slave Babo
Delano drops off supplies and prepares to leave when Cereno jumps on, pursued by Babo
Figurehead is skeleton of Aranada, the slaves’ master
Slaves took over the ship - wanted them to sail to Africa but lacked supplies - Babo in control
Ends with trial and execution of Babo - Cereno dies a few months labor |
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