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pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...

gets. If anything Thoreau gives us an emotional warning, He who gives himself entirely to his fellow men appears to them useles...

In three pages 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman is contrasted and compared with Thoreau's Transcendentalist writing in 'Economy an...

a famous series of protest letters under the name of "M.B. Drapier." While his identity as the letter-writer was known throughout ...

In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's perspectives on civil disobedience as represented in his essay of the same name. Thr...

In six pages this paper examines how Thoreau criticized modern technology in these literary works. One source is cited in the bib...

In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's views on railroads through an analysis of Walden passages....

He believed nature and the wilderness to be the source of strength, vigor and inspiration. He even referred to the wilderness as ...

(Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, 2001 and See Also Thoreau, 1993). This comparative essay examines ...

just enough on the ball to attempt to rise to a higher level. However, the plays hero is not a particularly unique or sensitive i...

Using these two authors as our information base, we might say that one, in light of our life today, chose an unrealistic goal. The...

In eleven pages this paper considers Benjamin Franklin's perspectives on society and self in comparison with the views of Thomas H...

theirs. Thoreau wanted to follow natures example, to "see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, ...

He describes, for instance, the different kinds of activities which he undertakes in the course...

be? soliloquy that we are allowed an insight into the extent of his grief and suicidal tendencies, and in O, what a rogue and peas...

a serious subject for examination. Unjust Laws Exist Thoreau had chosen to life that was in some respects that of a recluse an...

in the goodness of man and the mans natural state is in nature and is burdened by civilization (Campbell). The doctrine of sensibi...

best and brightest citizens." After the candidates shake hands, the moderator presented the first topic for debate, that of taxat...

that he was "in haste" to buy it before the owner finished making any more "improvements," i.e. changes that Thoreau implies he hi...

truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...

that regards Walden as the "story of a person who traded a flawed reality for an idealistic, isolated sanctuary" (845). A close re...

States and among philosophers in general. While this background was largely unnecessary from the perspective of many of the retre...

to be called "transcendentalism" (5). The individuals who wrote about this faculty referred to it by different names -- e.g., "sp...

446). Since it has only been around fifteen years since the land was cleared, Thoreau judges that the soil should still be rich, s...

silence and contemplation and it was just this sort of thing that Thoreau was seeking and thus details are an intricate part of hi...

Americas historical experience with race, ethnicity, and/or gender. Who could be more appropriate for this task than one of our c...

In fourteen pages this paper contrasts and compares modern policies and approaches to land management with the concepts and views ...

of America in its beginnings and resulted in the development of a genre that has come to be known as transcendentalist literature....

In seven pages this paper examines political and economic freedom in a consideration of the perspectives of Benjamin Franklin, Ale...

between the citizen and the government? Throughout the ages many great men have spouted views on politics regarding the role of ...