Answer: Some essential components of transcendentalism philosophy are being spiritual, trusting our morals, finding our own truth, and knowledge based on imagination rather than reason.
Explanation:
Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement which is based on the idea that reality is not scientific knowledge, rather it is what we think and our intuition. Some important elements of transcendentalism philosophy are:
• Creating our own spirituality by being self reliant and knowing our intuitive powers.
• Believing in the oneness of human nature and knowing that we're all here for love and kindness.
• We don't believe some concepts until and unless we get some scientific reason. But we have to believe that there are certain knowledge which is based on imagination and our intuitive powers.
• It is necessary the we trust our morals and live our life based on those code of ethics.
Based on the context, to discompose means to cause someone to confuse.
Option (b);
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Discompose, according to the dictionary means, to agitate or to make uneasy. It also means to disturb.
In the novel, 'The Tale of two cities' by Charles Dickens, it explain the activities occur in the cities London and Paris.
In the given context, when the author says that 'she looks so discomposed him', he means that she looked at him in such a way that she got confused about him and stopped thinking.
Franz was expected to prepare a lesson on Participles to school that day.
Explanation:
The story "The Last Lesson" is narrated from the point of view of Franz. It is about the last lesson of French he received as France was occupied by German forces and teaching of French was to be discontinued.
The homework for the day was to read for Participles but contrary to the fears of Franz his teacher M. Hamel did not scold him for being late, neither did he ask him for homework as he wanted to make the most of the last class he would have with his students.