Emblematic means that it acts as a symbol. Transcendentalists believed that nature acted as a symbol of our connection to our spirits.
Transcendentalism is a form of philosophical idealism as far as Plato envisioned it. In short, there is an ideal and non-ideal realm and he transcendentalism is in the ideal.
Thoreau is one of the leaders of transcendentalism. He strongly believed that actions should be based on your own ideas rather than what society tells you.
Intuition is thinking with your gut or heart rather than using logic or your brain. Transcendentalists believe this is the preferred way of thinking.
Transcendentalists take their name from the verb transcend which means to rise above and go beyond what is expected.
Paralepsis is emphasizing a point by pretending to ignore it. For example when Antony tells the Romans that they need not know what Caesar's will says.
A ploce is a rhetorical technique where a word is repeated with the intent of emphasizing the importance of the idea.
There are MANY similes throughout Julius Caesar. A simile is the figurative language technique of comparing two items using like or as.
