EmersonTragedy and Comedy in Tennessee Williams’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as An Original Thinker

Pages:108-109
Neeraj Rani (Department of English, Govt Sr. Sec. School, Kheri Damkan, Sonepat)

His essay self reliance contains the essence of Emerson’s philosophy. He begins by pointing out that to believe, One’s own thought, to believe that what is true for one in one’s private heart, is true for all men that is genius.” Emerson opines that if a person expresses his inner convictions he will realise that it is of universal importance. As human beings are made of same stuff. They are mixture of emotions. Emotions in humanity make them comfortable to sail in one boat.