1. Manfred
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in his essay: "A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages."" One should listen to his or her own self-conscience, and express it freely, not being manipulated by the pressuring society. To be oneself is a virtue to all, excluding those in society who want you to think only what they think. These are the people who need other people to depend on them; those who need attention - the dependent. The self-reliant ones are the independent, the strong, the virtuous; those who do not rely on other people for their own identity. "Envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe if full of good,"" (Emerson). To be self-reliant is to be independent. To speak freely your own individual mind, trust and obey yourself - not others, do as you please, and to not go along with the standards of society. "Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world - (Emerson). You can gain only the best of things from being yourself. .
Manfred does as he pleases, and does not conform to the standards of society. He attempts his suicide on the Mountain of Jungfrau by jumping from the cliff. He does what he wants, but in this scene, has been stopped forcefully by the Chamois Hunter before he has the chance to. In the normal society, suicide would not be a frequent option out of problems in this time period. "I am most sick at hear "nay grasp me not "/ I am all feebleness "the mountains whirl/ Spinning around me "I grow blind "What art thou?- (Byron II. 1. 113-115). Manfred is annoyed when the Hunter disallows him from completing his mission; but proves positive later on as the poem continues. It is clear throughout the poem that he has rejected any reliance on the normal human society.
Manfred was Byron's first dramatic work. ... Manfred exhibits classic Byronic hero characteristics: he suffers from great passion, is not very impressionable, has committed a crime he cannot forget and is self-destructive. ... It can be deduced from this statement that Manfred is a self-sufficient man. ... He walks the fine edge of self-destructive behavior. ... The only Byronic characteristic he lacks is the self-destructive behavior. ...
Manfred was born on September 8, 1922 in Berlin. ... In Manfred's journal, he wrote about Hitler, saying, "how could anyone bring us someone like this?" ... Gad and Manfred became members of the He-halutz youth group, a band of Jewish teens. ... In the Fall of 1942, Manfred's family "got their lists." ... Gad, disguised as a Hitler-lover, managed to sneak in to see Manfred. ...
Even Manfred is puzzled by that fact - actually he thinks he is seeing the ghost of Prince Alfonso. Those are some early signs that Manfred's bloodline might not be the true possessor of the castle. ... Although most of the peasants do not understand what that prophecy means, Manfred does, perfectly. ... Conrad and Matilda were the only children that Manfred had and now when Conrad is dead he does not see any comfort of having a daughter - she cannot be the prince of the castle and Manfred desperately needs an heir. ... The next visit from the supernatural world appearing to Manfred is ...
Self-Reliance, standing up for your beliefs and to be willing to fight for what you believe in. Ralph Waldo Emerson's main idea in "Self-Reliance" is to show the importance of depending and relying on yourself. Emerson's essay self reliance is something we should follow our lives by. ... Emerson, when he speaks about self reliance, he means that if we want to make it, and if we want to succeed, it must come from inside of us. ... For Emerson, self reliance was more than the image of a family living out a life on the frontier. ...
After reading Emerson's "Self Reliance" I have discovered that self-reliance is the most significant aspect in my life. ... For one to accomplish their goals and meet their destiny, they must choose self-reliance as the answer. Self-reliance lets one know that it is essential to realize that all choices in life come down to what they think; "nothing can bring you peace but yourself." ... "Self-Reliance" is an essay that I will keep in mind forever. ... "Self-Reliance" is the key to make great people achieve their goals and to become individuals....
Virtue, what is virtue? ... Virtue is what leads our actions to be good. ... Throughout their investigation they challenge many things to see if they are virtue or a part of virtue. ... Virtue is the primary factor in achieving the perfect good. ... Reaching these virtues will bring man closer to the perfect good. ...
In my opinion, this trope exponds emerson's pointview of self-reliance perfectly. ... yes, in self-reliance or self-trust, most of us even worse than the infants. In ermerson's self-reliance,he talked lot about self-trust or self-convinced, he appealed to the earthlings that they should pay much more attention to theirselves and dropped all the consistency and conformity. ... The self-reliant individual should be able to live in the world and improve it, not be just another product of it. Therefore, in my eyes, though emerson wrote the essay nearly 2 hundreds years before, but...