nse of the wilderness in language. Walden inspired William Butler Yeats, a passionate Irish nationalist, to write "The Lake Isle of Innisfree," while Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience," with its theory of passive resistance based on the moral necessity for the just individual to disobey unjust laws, was an inspiration for Mahatma Gandhi's Indian independence movement and Martin Luther King's struggle fro black Americans' civil rights in the 20th century.
             The precepts of individualism, self-knowledge and self-realization are some of the elements of transcendentalism found in the Romantic period writings. These themes or ideas can be seen throughout a variety of writings. The idea of nature and individualism can also be found subtly in wittings that one may not necessarily associate it to be with. The play "The Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller incorporates a slew of themes; many of which are centered on the relationships of the Loman family. They range for the relationships between Willy and Linda, husband an wife, to Willy and Biff, father and son. Aside from the obvious we the readers of this play are easily sidetracked from the most important theme that drives the entire play, which is Willy's relationship with himself and nature. The message that Miller is trying to relate is best stated in the Bible passage, Mark 8:36-37, "For what it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and looses his own soul? Or What will a man give in exchange for his soul?" This passage is interpreted into the play as the importance or lack thereof, when referring to successfulness in the business world. As creatures of habit we must listen to our inner selves and break the mold of repetition. This is supported with and by the inherent nature of the Lomans' men. The Lomans' are nomadic people who need the freedom that nature offers(1198 ). In this play Willy, the father of the Loman family has ultimately failed in his lifetime; not beca...