Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "Self Reliance," is an American Romantic because it explores the philosophies of transcendentalism, and individualism. ... Individualism is a characteristic of Romanticism. ... Transcendentalism is what Emerson was along with other literature writers in this time period. ... In romanticism Emerson was skeptic about Christianity. ... He used many examples in his essay that connected directly to Romanticism. ...

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Section 1: A description of the dark side of human nature. Human nature is "the general psychological characteristics, feelings, and behavioural traits of humankind, regarded as shared by all humans." (Oxford English Dictionary). The dark side of human nature is the part of humans that dwells in neg...

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