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Throughout the play, “The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail”, many ideas that support romanticism and transcendentalism are introduced. Quotations throughout the story explain these two ideas in a clear manner and express Thoreau’s point of view on such things. ... Thoreau always acted upon his own views regardless of how others saw them, and was even against a few laws. ... For example, when Thoreau made a statement about Ellen using a notebook, she argued that he kept a notebook as well. ... By these statements, one can tell that Henry David Thoreau strongly believed in individuality, which is an important part of romanticism.
A point that Thoreau makes to understand nature would be when he talked about fighting the water. ...
An example of Transcendentalism in the story would be when Henry David Thoreau is teaching his students.
Approximate Word count = 664
Approximate Pages = 2.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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