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- 171: Zinn's A People's History of the United States: The Oppressed
- ... north, the colony of Jamestown was founded by a group of English settlers led by John Smith; shortly after that the Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by a group of Puritans known to us today as the Pilgrims. Because of uneasy and hostile relations with the nearby Pequot Indians, the Pequot War soon started between the colonists and the natives. Needless ...
- 172: The Scarlet Letter: The Harsh Puritan Society
- ... the belief that he is above Hester. He is finally admitting she is an equal, or even that she is above him. This is possibly one of the reasons that Puritans won't accept these emotional displays, because the society is so socially oriented. Hester, assuming a new power position, give a heartfelt, moving speech. The eloquence of her words can ...
- 173: The Scarlet Letter: The Unavoidable Truth
- ... the walk from the jail to the scaffold. She seems to be proud and dignified. However, internally, she feels great agony, for she was scorned and mocked by the accusing Puritans. She finally arrives at the scaffold, displaying the two results of her adultery; the scarlet letter and her child, Pearl. In order to escape her isolation, Hester goes into her ...
- 174: The Scarlet Letter: Summary
- ... Arthur and the beautiful Hester Prynne, a romance that actually occupies most of our attention, and whose harvest is a little Pearl. Finally, as things unfold we learn that the Puritans are not all bad. Potentially they are indeed a diverse community, comprising not only dogmatists and invaders, but ecumenicals, free-thinkers, Quakers, antinomians, and former members of the Merry-Mount ...
- 175: American Push For Independence
- ... through the American Revolution. It was a completely different story in New England compared to that of Virginia. The New England colonies took their beginnings when a group of separatist Puritans settled the Plymouth plantation in 1620. They were fleeing religious persecution from England and were looking to build a society based on religion and community. William Bradford illustrated the ideals ...
- 176: The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism of the Letter A
- ... upon this woman. It is because of this one letter that Hester's life is changed. The letter's meaning in Puritan society banishes her from her normal life. The Puritans view this letter as a symbol of the devil. The letter also put Hester through torture: "Of an impulse and passionate nature. She had fortified herself to encounter the stings ...
- 177: The Scarlet Letter: Evil and Mistriss Hibbins
- ... on most of the characters. Mistriss Hibbins represents evil in the novel. She was accused of being a witch. This is a very evil thing in the eyes of the Puritans. Mistriss Hibbins can also be said to be evil simply because she is always in the forest, which is an evil place. She is said to go on "night rides ...
- 178: Emily Dickinson 2
- ... if not certainly burning for an eternity in Hell s darkness. In this reading of the poem, I see the fly as an agent or emissary of Satan, the Satan Puritans would expect to be present at the death of an individual possibly of certainly damned to Hell. Knowing then that the poet often dramatized in her poetry the drama-laden ...
- 179: Zinn's A People's History of The United States of America
- ... north, the colony of Jamestown was founded by a group of English settlers led by John Smith, shortly after that the Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by a group of Puritans known to us today as the Pilgrims. Because of uneasy and hostile relations with the nearby Pequot Indians, the Pequot War soon started between the colonists and the natives. Needless ...
- 180: Defining History
- ... America, calling it "vacant." The fact is that there were Indians here, Miller just didn’t see history in that light. Secondly, Tompkins went to the book, New England Frontier Puritans and Indians, 1620-1675 authored by Alden Vuaghan in 1965. This Vuaghan’s angle toward American history was antipodal to Miller, even though the writers spoke of the same effects ...
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