Exam 15: Nature

Emerson's work of American transcendentalism is entitled

Carl Sandburg's poetry was written in response to

In As You Like It, the Forest of Arden is Shakespeare's version of

A work of art or sculpture designed to work with its natural surroundings is

A work on Native Americans' relationship with nature is entitled

If the ideas in "More Than an Inconvenience" are correct, environmental changes may cause people to make sacrifices and work together. In your view, what kinds of "conveniences" would people willingly sacrifice and what kinds would people be likely to give up only if they are forced to? Explain your stance. I. Identify conveniences of modern life. II. Explain which conveniences could be readily sacrificed and why. III. Explain which conveniences people would sacrifice only with great resistance and why.

What is a naturalist?

In the his essay discussed in the chapter, Emerson maintains that individuals and nature are parts of the same whole, and to love ourselves is to love the natural world around us. To what extent do modern practices and environmental problems show or challenge the ideas of self-love and unity that Emerson presents? I. Describe some current environmental problems and practices that Emerson might discuss. II. Explain how Emerson's concept of oneness with nature and how the attack on nature is tantamount to an attack on one's self.

How did romantic artists' portrait of nature differ from those of early artists such as Dante and Michelangelo?

The work by the Roman poet Lucretius which states that earth exists as a result of a violent collision of atoms is