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Question 2 Answer the following question in complete sentences. First, discuss the idea of conformity vs. nonconformity in the works of Emerson and Thoreau. Give consideration to these things in your answer: Though Whitman and Dickinson were quite different poets, both were greatly influenced by the transcendentalist movement.  In the second part of your essay, explain this transcendentalist influence in Whitman and Dickinson, using at least of the poems listed in your discussion.  Ask yourself, what “tenet” of transcendentalism does each one express? Question 3 In the document on Nathaniel Hawthorne (found in Course Documents), I give five predominant themes that can be found in Hawthorne.  Choose three themes and demonstrate how they can be seen in the Hawthorne short stories that we studied – “The Birthmark,” “Young Goodman Brown,” and “My Kinsman Major Molineux.”  Here are your guidelines: 1.  You must write in complete sentences, but you MAY approach the answer in bullet form rather than writing a cohesive essay. 2.  You should give specific examples on how you find a particular theme in a particular work.  HOWEVER, You MAY NOT repeat any examples that I have given in my discussion of that theme. Each theme receives five points.  You only have to give one example from one story for each theme; however, you are welcome to discuss the theme in all three if you would like. Question 4 Answer of the following shorter essay questions. The chapters we studied from give us a picture of Ahab and his quest. Write a sho

rt essay on Ahab and his motives for pursuing Moby Dick. Consider the following in your discussion: 1. s physical description – What does this description say about the man? 2. The quest – What was the reason that Ahab wanted to hunt and kill Moby Dick?  In other words, what does the whale represent to Ahab?  What is the final outcome of this quest? The excerpts that we read from include two epiphany experiences from Douglass’s life. Explain what an epiphany is in a person’s life. (Look up the definition if you need to.) Then describe the two experiences that Douglass relates that you would consider epiphany experiences. What did Douglass gain / learn from each experience? Do your best to capture the profound effect that each experience had on his life. Question 5 Choose of the following quotes to interpret. Identify the poem from which the quote comes as well as the author of the poem; then explain the meaning of the quote in the context of the entire poem. God preaches,”a noted clergyman,” And the sermon is never long; So instead of getting to heaven at last, I ‘m going all along! I CELEBRATE myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. s own parents, He that had father’d him, and she that had conceiv’d him in her womb, and birth’d him, They gave this child more of themselves than that; They gave him afterward every day – they became part of . Question 6