How Did Margaret Fuller's Life Influence Her Work
Margaret Fuller was born on May 23, 1810 in Cambridgeport, MA. At the age of 40, Fuller passed away. Despite living only a few decades, Margaret Fuller became transcendentalist writer and women’s rights advocate. Margaret Fuller was greatly impacted by her father, mother, and other events. Margaret Fuller’s dad had the greatest influence on her career. At a young age, her father tutored Margaret rigorously, which caused her to become very knowledgeable, despite not going to a traditional school until her teenage years. If she did not have her intelligence, she most likely would not have developed a love for literature, or her books would be plain and simple. One example of her intricate intelligence in her writing that would be missing is A Maiden Sat Beneath a Tree. In this poem Margaret utilized metaphors and diction to create a difficult theme and mood. For instance, when she described the girl under a tree, Margaret used the word “tear-bedewed”, which indicated that the girl was depressed, giving the poem a melancholy atmosphere. This complex mood could not have been replicated without her immense knowledge of
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This made her learn what she could not in a school: responsibility. Later on, when Margaret Fuller met the well-known transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, who inspired her to teach in Boston for a year. Moreover, this meeting began her career as a writer because, a few years later, she assisted in the founding of the Dial. She worked alongside great minds of the Hedge Club, like Emerson, Theodore Parker, and George Ripley. Four years after the publication of the Dial, she released her first book, Summer on the Lakes, which earned her an invitation from Horace Greeley to become a literary critic at the New York Tribune. Besides her first book, she wrote a number of critical articles, and fought for social
This made her learn what she could not in a school: responsibility. Later on, when Margaret Fuller met the well-known transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, who inspired her to teach in Boston for a year. Moreover, this meeting began her career as a writer because, a few years later, she assisted in the founding of the Dial. She worked alongside great minds of the Hedge Club, like Emerson, Theodore Parker, and George Ripley. Four years after the publication of the Dial, she released her first book, Summer on the Lakes, which earned her an invitation from Horace Greeley to become a literary critic at the New York Tribune. Besides her first book, she wrote a number of critical articles, and fought for social