I Believe I'm more anti- transcendentalism. Even though I don't believe everyone is necessarily doomed because Adam and eve screwed up. I believe that the bible says child birth will be painful and man will suffer painful toil. With all this he says man will not eat from the tree of life and live forever. He says man will know the difference between good and evil. It didn't say all man will be evil but will have a sinful nature. God later shows that we can be forgiven for those sins because he produced a son in is image and had him die so that we could be forgiven when man messes up. So, yes all men have sin inside of them because of Adam and eve(original sin). Although i do believe there are very good people out there and are very true and believe in god and his power, just that not all people are 100% good.
The masque of the red death
The masque of the red death
I loved the story and the concept of it. This story portrays the personification of the red death dressed with no form, that kills everyone. It read the prince as having shut everyone up in a abbey with seven apartments that color vary east to west.
Each one represents a stage in his life ,i believe, and in the end the seventh room is where he died.
The story shows how the dark romantics disagreed with the transcendentalist because the transcendentalist trusted that people could just shut out evil and bad things.Dark romantics believed transcendentalists tryed to shut out everything and believe everyone was good due to the voice of god in their head. This story portrayed the mockery of the transcendentalist by showing that no matter how hard to try and how much money you spend you can never beat death and there will always be evil.
The poem "The Raven" is about him losing someone that he loved and cared for deeply. The main theme is death and sadness. His hope is lost when the raven says "nevermore" to answer every question. His images of light and darkness go further to represent life and death, his hope of being with Lenore when he dies and his fear of being alone forever. It focuses on lost love, death, and loss of hope because he has lost everyone that he loves. He tortures himself because he keeps asking the raven questions even though he knows the answer will be "nevermore." I think that he feels that he will not be able to forget or replace how he felt about Lenore. One line that stuck out to me is "Till I scarcely more than muttered: "Other friends have flown before--On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before."Then the bird said "Nevermore."
He talks about how he feels everyone has left him so hes sure that the raven will as well. Hes scared to be alone and wants to be with Lenore. Another verse that stuck out was "And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted--nevermore!. I believe the man has realized that the to continue asking the raven question would be pointless so he just gives up because the only answer he will ever get is "nevermore".
This relates to anti-transcendentalism because the man in the poem is looking for answers from a voice in his head a.k.a. the raven. The voice is doubtful and depressing and that goes against the beliefs that the transcendentalists had. The transcendentalist said that the voice in your head is good and supporting this mans voice was not. An example of the negative voice would be found in the last section of the poem" And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted--nevermore!" The voice in his head continues to be negative with the word nevermore and this last verse represents the fact that he will never recover or not be lonely.
The poem "The Raven" is about him losing someone that he loved and cared for deeply. The main theme is death and sadness. His hope is lost when the raven says "nevermore" to answer every question. His images of light and darkness go further to represent life and death, his hope of being with Lenore when he dies and his fear of being alone forever. It focuses on lost love, death, and loss of hope because he has lost everyone that he loves. He tortures himself because he keeps asking the raven questions even though he knows the answer will be "nevermore." I think that he feels that he will not be able to forget or replace how he felt about Lenore. One line that stuck out to me is "Till I scarcely more than muttered: "Other friends have flown before--On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before."Then the bird said "Nevermore."
He talks about how he feels everyone has left him so hes sure that the raven will as well. Hes scared to be alone and wants to be with Lenore. Another verse that stuck out was "And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted--nevermore!. I believe the man has realized that the to continue asking the raven question would be pointless so he just gives up because the only answer he will ever get is "nevermore".
This relates to anti-transcendentalism because the man in the poem is looking for answers from a voice in his head a.k.a. the raven. The voice is doubtful and depressing and that goes against the beliefs that the transcendentalists had. The transcendentalist said that the voice in your head is good and supporting this mans voice was not. An example of the negative voice would be found in the last section of the poem" And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted--nevermore!" The voice in his head continues to be negative with the word nevermore and this last verse represents the fact that he will never recover or not be lonely.
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It works now. Let me know when you finish Transcendentalism so I can give you a grade.
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