Right now I'm freaking out over a homework assignment for a lit class I'm taking and I need some serious help!. We had to read an Emerson piece and pick a specific line that moved us from the passage!. We then had to write as to why it was meaningful to us, and this is what I wrote: (By the way, it'd be cool if anyone who knows about transcendentalism had any criticism, etc!. as I'm desperate at the moment!.)
Quote:"I do not wish to expiate, but to live!."
Response:
This, subjectively, was one of the most important lines within the piece!. It spoke to me simply because this has been what most of mankind has led his life around; this concept of atonement and one's need to be forgiven for his immoral sins!. But are all of our "sins" really as unchaste as man was led to believe!? If you think in terms of Emerson's theories of transcendentalism, which essentially state that man is a product of nature and therefore should find truth within himself and nature, then no!. I don't believe man to be an immoral creature by nature, but rather a simple, complex being who should not be viewed as a sinner!.Www@QuestionHome@Com