EN 209 Lecture 16: March 26, 30
29 Apr 2018
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March 26, 2018
Reading Due:
Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Emerson
o Deep bouts of melancholy
▪ Severe clinical depression
o Grieved by the death of his first wife
▪ Second wife was a support system, very understanding
o Considered suicide
o Self-Reliance was written in the wake of his wife’s first death
o Unitarian church
▪ Don’t believe in trinity
▪ Bring all faiths together
• Very open to many traditions
• Self-reliance
o First opening part
▪ Man must rely on himself
▪ There is a certain order to things
• Things happen when they’re supposed
▪ Our actions govern us
o Second opening part
March 30, 2018
Reading Due:
Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe
• Edgar Allen Poe
o Born to an actress in Boston
▪ Travelled with her while acting
▪ Died and dad didn’t want him
o Lived with different families
o Goes to West Pointe
▪ Drops out after 2 years
o Married a 13 year old
▪ Died 5 years later of TB
o Struggled with addiction
o Writes on
▪ Fear
▪ Addiction
▪ Death
▪ Murder
