ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE

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“These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, which the members agree, for the better of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity” (Self-reliance, Emerson). What is the voice that “we hear in solitude”?
A
Conscience voice
B
Societal voice
C
Inner voice
D
Parental voice
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“There are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the passage, he states that “it is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own, ” which essentially means that when you’re around other people, you accept their opinions rather than your own. But when you’re by yourself, it is easier to accept your own thoughts.

Detailed explanation-3: -Emerson’s quote in this context means that while society progresses forwards, it will always lose some of its easy progress, so take the advancements with a a grain of salt.

Detailed explanation-4: -” Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”-This is the absolute goal of human existence, to find this integrity. It is a life long journey that can only be discovered through truthfully searching with in one’s self.

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