Thursday, November 12, 2015

Song #3



This is Pulled from Addams Family the musical. Wednesday is portraying Transcendentalist ideas in this song because she is going against what her family wants her to be and is beginning to think for herself. In Self Reliance, Emerson writes, "In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." In this song, Wednesday is deciding that even though her parents want  her to be dark and creepy, she wants to explore new territory.  Emerson, like Wednesday asks, "Is it really so bad to be misunderstood?" (Self Reliance).

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