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What comparison is Emerson making in paragraph three of "Self-Reliance"?

What comparison is Emerson making in paragraph three of "Self-Reliance"?

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Choose a metaphor from "Self-Reliance"by Ralph Waldo Emerson, and discuss...

Choose a metaphor from "Self-Reliance"by Ralph Waldo Emerson, and discuss how this metaphor can be used to understand the essay as a whole.

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What ideas are expressed in paragraphs 5 and 6?

What ideas are expressed in paragraphs 5 and 6?

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What does the author suggest about a man that is inconsistent in his statements?

What does the author suggest about a man that is inconsistent in his statements?

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What is an example of a thesis statement for the correlation between...

What is an example of a thesis statement for the correlation between Self-Reliance, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and Walden by Thoreau?

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Who is the "Aboriginal Self" or the "Trustee" according to Ralph Waldo...

Who is the "Aboriginal Self" or the "Trustee" according to Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance"?

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In "Self-Reliance," what does "the eye was placed where one ray should fall"...

In "Self-Reliance," what does "the eye was placed where one ray should fall" mean?

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how does Emerson discuss spirituality

how does Emerson discuss spirituality

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What does Emerson mean when he writes the aphorism “envy is ignorance,...

What does Emerson mean when he writes the aphorism “envy is ignorance, imitation is suicide”?

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Discuss how "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson exemplified the era it was...

Discuss how "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson exemplified the era it was written in.

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Which one of the three tenets of Transcendentalism is the most stressed in...

Which one of the three tenets of Transcendentalism is the most stressed in Ralph Waldo Emerson's essays "Self-Reliance" and "Nature"?

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Whoso Would Be A Man Must Be A Nonconformist

What is the deeper meaning of the quote, "Whoso would be a man...the suffrage of the world," in "Self-Reliance"? 

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What was Emerson's opinion on consistency and conformity?

What was Emerson's opinion on consistency and conformity?

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Does Ralph Waldo Emerson reference anything relating to religion or God in...

Does Ralph Waldo Emerson reference anything relating to religion or God in his essay "Self-Reliance"?

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How does Emerson's "Self-Reliance" impact the world today?

How does Emerson's "Self-Reliance" impact the world today?

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In "Self-Reliance," what are the barriers that prevent us from self-reliance...

In "Self-Reliance," what are the barriers that prevent us from self-reliance according to Emerson?

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What does Emerson mean by "not possibly will the soul all rich, all eloquent,...

What does Emerson mean by "not possibly will the soul all rich, all eloquent, with thousand-cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if you can hear what these particular say, surely you can reply to...

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In “Self-Reliance,” describe what Emerson compares to these things and...

In “Self-Reliance,” describe what Emerson compares to these things and events: planting corn, an iron string, a joint-stock company, and a shadow on a wall.

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List the four things that Emerson says everyone learns eventually in...

List the four things that Emerson says everyone learns eventually in "Self-Reliance."

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Read lines 12–24 and restate the central idea from Emerson's "Self-Reliance."...

Read lines 12–24 and restate the central idea from Emerson's "Self-Reliance." 

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