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    Thoreau and Poe represented two different styles of 19th century American literature. Thoreau viewed nature as a place of spiritual refuge where people could find themselves and God, while Poe saw nature as representing the dark and immoral aspects of humanity. Their works also differed in their portrayal of heroes and wisdom, with Thoreau believing the individual had the greatest wisdom and Poe featuring unconventional heroes and typical villains.

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    Thoreau and Poe represented two different styles of 19th century American literature. Thoreau viewed nature as a place of spiritual refuge where people could find themselves and God, while Poe saw nature as representing the dark and immoral aspects of humanity. Their works also differed in their portrayal of heroes and wisdom, with Thoreau believing the individual had the greatest wisdom and Poe featuring unconventional heroes and typical villains.

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    THOREAU

    VERSUS

    POE
    COMPARING THE 2 TYPES OF LITERATURE

    Gave the populous a Emphasis on


    chance to find mysterious
    themselves in a
    confusing place Captivsated
    audiences with
    Act of defiance and
    Horror histories
    an unjust system

    Nature is awfull, it
    Nature is a holy represents
    place, where the everything that is
    people feel safe wrong with the
    human race and
    God is present en all society
    things and all is holy
    God is not present
    The true of the world in nature, he
    could be found created nothing
    through nature around us,
    nothing is holy

    The individual has Heroes are


    the gretest wisdom unconventional
    and villains are
    People of vast typical
    intellect were the
    only ones capable of Protagonist
    truly exemplifying usually isolated
    tracendentalism. eighter voluntarily
    The church isn't or involuntarily
    needed to find God

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