Billy, Bartleby, and Edna: American Transcendentalists

In "The transcendentalist" and "The Divinity School Address" Ralph W. Emerson clearly expresses his view the world, which is quite different from the one most people are used to and perceive as acceptable. Emerson said that when he is observing the nature around, he starts feeling a connection between him, God, and nature overall, which proves that Emerson was experiencing the divine consciousness connection (a transcendental point of view). According to Emerson, there is no …

…stage." Nevertheless, all the main characters die in the end. This scene in all the three novels symbolizes the death of Christ. However, it means that these deaths are only a middle point as characters get rid of the surrounding reality and enter their natural state. That is mainly because the society in each of the stories does not accept them as individuals and doesn't understand their actions led by heart and not by head.