Aphrodite cast a spell on her. This is shown when Helen later speaks on the matter saying she regrets leaving with Paris and her husband Menelaus says he forgives her because Aphrodite can do that to people.
Emerson talks about 'Self-Reliance' and his perspective towards achieving it in different situations. When he states about techniques and gives references for the ideology that he believes in, he also uses imagery for us to understand the agenda of his explanation.
Explanation:
Emerson's point of view about self-reliance is creative. He compares it with 'individualism', where a person, who starts to be unique, creative and develops his own way of life, deals with circumstance in a different and more approachable way rather than following the same old format or an already developed format, is a person who can be 'self-reliant'.
His reference to Moses, Plato, Milton is what we can learn from in these paragraphs. Their unique thoughts on dealing with life and finding new strategies over improving a condition, their techniques transformed into actions and put forth to people is what made them 'indivialistic', truthful and unique.
To trust our intuitions more than the history or knowledge that was already developed is what Emerson wants us to understand in this text.
The speckled band lived happily ever after in its home with all of its family. the end
