English short storys/poems

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Psalm of Life author

Wadsworth Longfellow

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Psalm of Life theme

Importance of living a meaningful life despite fleeting existence

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Self Reliance author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Self reliance conflicts

Tension between individual and conformity

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Psalm of Life main idea

Dont die with regret, yolo

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Self reliance main idea

dont reduce yourself to conformity, pursue a unique path of life

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Walden author

Henry David Thoreau

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Walden theme

Critique towards materialism and societal conformity

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Walden main idea

Live a deliberate life and appreciate nature

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Civil Disobedience author

Henry David Thoreau

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Civil Disobedience conflicts

obeying laws you dont believe in

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Civil disobedience main idea

people have moral obligation to resist unjust laws

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What did Henry refuse to do

pay poll tax

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O captain my captain author

Walt Whitman

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O captain my captain theme

price of leadership

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OCMC confluict

conflicting emotions following winning civil war

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Dr Heideggers Experiment author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Dr Heideggers Experiment conflict

oppurtinity to make better desicions vs. greed

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Dr Heideggers Experiment themes

mistakes vs morality

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Dr Heideggers Experiment main idea

Love triangles drinks potion to go back in time and makes the same mistakes they did in their youth

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The Masque of the Red Death author

Edar allan Poe

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The Masque of the Red Death theme

Inevitability of death and illusion of control

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The Masque of the Red Death main idea

Rooms that represent each stage of life and red death personified chases prince to death

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The Yellow wallpaper author

Charlotte Perkins Gillman

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Yellow wallpaper conflict

struggle with mental illness and societal expectation placed upon women

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Yellow wallpaper main idea

girl gets locked in room (mental illness considered weakness in women) and sees personification of oppression in wallpaper

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Cask of Amontillado author

Edgar Allan Poe

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Cask of Amontillado conflicts

Monttressorts pursuit of revenge against fortunato

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Cask of Amontillado main idea

Montresor leads Fortunato into catacombs and kills him