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- 141: Arthur Miller and "The Crucible"
- ... of a state by God or a god. - Democracy: Government by the people. - Autocracy: A government with one person as the supreme power over the people. - Puritanism: Practices of the Puritans; extreme or excessive strictness in matters of morals and religion. History Once students have identified the meaning of each term and discussed each concept, it is helpful to ask these ... students to understand the term so that they can discuss the events of Salem as a paradox to what one might have expected from God- fearing people such as the Puritans. Students might identify other historical paradoxes or others found in literature they have read. - Allegory: A story in which people, things, and happenings have another meaning, as in a fable ...
- 142: Hawthornes's Young Goodman Brown And Rappacini's Daughter: Solicited by the Devil
- ... last seen in Young Goodman Brown shows the generic search for the devil, and Goodman Brown is supposed to be used as "what not to do" example for the righteous Puritans. Yet the last seen in Rappacini's Daughter is completely different. It portrays a man who had to endure great sorrow through no apparent flaw of his own. This, however ... not the case. Rather in this last confrontation Hawthorne is pointing out a reason for the demise of Giovanni, and at the same time rebuking the always nosy, and homiletic Puritans. Giovanni got in trouble for being too meddlesome. He had to know whether Beatrice was good or evil, and that brought about his downfall.
- 143: Moby Dick and The Scarlet Letter: Unpardonable Sin
- ... citizens as sinners of varying magnitudes, he shrinks from their company. The knowledge of their sinful nature is not balanced by a forgiving or understanding heart. It terms of the Puritans it should be no surprise to Brown that his fellows are citizens for in the eyes of the Puritans, Calvinists, and some modern Christians we are all sinners. Instead of manipulating people, the unpardonable sin of Brown has the ramification of isolation. Not the absence of others’ company or ...
- 144: The Birthmark, The Minister’s Black Veil, and Young Goodman Brown: Symbolism
- ... throughout Hawthorne’s literary works. In the three short stories: The Birthmark, The Minister’s Black Veil, and Young Goodman Brown symbolism is used to show the thoughts of the Puritans in opposition to their beliefs. In the short story, Young Goodman Brown, The main character has an internal struggle. The argument between good and evil going on in his head ... symbol for good. The townspeople look at the birthmark as a blessing, but Aylmer sees it as an imperfection and seeks to rid of it in the same way the Puritans sought to perfect themselves. She dies as a result of his obsession and her death symbolizes that purification cannot be achieved. Hawthorne’s writings go much deeper than meets the ...
- 145: View of Individual and Society by Hawthorne, Thoreau, and Mark Twain
- ... party amidst this chaos is where Hawthorne, Thoreau, and Twain separate. It is easy to assess Hawthorne’s point of view on rebellion in relation to his opinion of the Puritans, but translating that belief to his own modern time is much more difficult. Hester’s “original sin” in The Scarlet Letter was an act of rebellion. By committing adultery, she ... corrupt and that society is the problem. However, he seems to put more blame on the individual than on the masses. Hester and her daughter, of course, were not actually Puritans, but Hawthorne is just using them as an example of how no society will ever remain “pure” because it is impossible for the people within the society to remain pure ...
- 146: The Scarlet Letter: Different Levels Of Sin And Evil
- ... he keeps his dark secret in his heart, knowing it will eat at him for the rest of his life until he reveals it. The only thing worse in the Puritans’ eyes than committing a terrible sin is failing to admit to it. They believed it darkened the soul, and it did; it almost turned Dimmesdale into an evil shell of a man. The Puritans also wanted the sinning people of the congregation to admit their sin, so that they could punish that person, almost as if they were playing God. Dimmesdale did get punished ...
- 147: The Scarlet Letter and Symbolism
- ... and these wild things which it nourished, all recognized a kindred wildness in the human child” Hawthorne notes as Pearl is on a walk with her mother (202). However, the Puritans believed that anything affiliated with the forest was evil; therefore, Pearl defies their laws by being effervescent and joyful in the woods. Some of the Puritans even believe her to be a demon offspring. So unusual is her behavior that she is often referred to in such terms as “elf child,” Piyasena/Pine 5 “imp,” and ...
- 148: The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism
- ... and these wild things which it nourished, all recognized a kindred wildness in the human child” Hawthorne notes as Pearl is on a walk with her mother (202). However, the Puritans believed that anything affiliated with the forest was evil; therefore, Pearl defies their laws by being effervescent and joyful in the woods. Some of the Puritans even believe her to be a demon offspring. So unusual is her behavior that she is often referred to in such terms as “elf child,”, “imp,” and “airy sprite.” Pearl ...
- 149: Geography and Climate In the American Colonies
- ... living. Although geography did greatly affect the lives of those who settled in New England, there was a lot more that made their colonies different from others. For example, the Puritans came for religious freedom, and to create “A city upon a hill”. They left England because they felt the Anglican Church too closely resembled the Catholic Church, and they could ... clean and raise the young children, and they had no social lives whatsoever. Children were to be seen and not heard, and were completely subservient. This of course gave the Puritans a rigid social structure. They had harsh penalties, like branding, mutilations, public humiliation and hangings. Their government was made up of a general court that made the laws and a ...
- 150: The Salem Witch Trials
- ... communities of fanatically rigid Calvinists. The unknown was categorized as evil and the Devil’s power was thought to be as strong as God’s. Massachusetts Bay settlers were mainly Puritans who considered the Devil, in particular, their personal enemy; since their religion was the true one Satan was most anxious to destroy. Doctors, judges, schoolmasters, and particularly ministers, as well as the less learned among the Puritans, were strong believers in witchcraft. Even the most minor occurrence was attributed to witchery: if a farmer’s cow failed to give milk, or his horse went lame, or his ...
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