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- 191: The Salem Witch Trials
- ... were all tried and convicted in a court of law, yet what court will allow these people to be convicted of something that is based only on spectral evidence? The Puritans were deeply religious and believed that the devil was among them, that the devil lived in the forest surrounding them. This belief clouded their judgment. Which allowed the church to ...
- 192: The Scarlet Letter - Puritan Society
- ... belief that he is above Hester. He is finally admitting that 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 position of power, gives a heartfelt, moving speech. The eloquence of her words ...
- 193: The Political And Religious Wi
- ... 302). The religious winds of this time were variable and one had trouble choosing which to follow. They were still a problem under the rule of James II, because the puritans had thought he would be more supportive (Kagan 452). The Clergy took offense to this and stated that they most certainly did not change their sermons or morals to fit ...
- 194: The Scarlet Letter: Human Beings are Evil?
- ... constituted judges," (p. 49). These evil women set themselves up themselves as moral judges in order to make themselves look like angels, by turning Hester into a devil. All the puritans who think that they are so pure, and judge Hester, should be on the scaffold with Hester. By puritan's beliefs thinking good about yourself, and especially judging others, since ...
- 195: The American Dream
- ... all non- whites which they refer to as un-Americans. The KKK sees themselves as the only real Americans. The idea of a "Ciity upon a hill" originated with the Puritans and their idea of creating a perfect society in America which would serve as model for the rest of the World to follow. The KKK uses this original "American Dream ...
- 196: Essay On Colonies
- ... of the motivation of the New England settlers for religious freedom. "This court... in the interim recommends [that] all tradesmen and laborers consider the religious end of their callings...". The puritans believed everyone had a specific duty in life, something that one was proficient at. Almost all the mores and society itself radiated from religion, as a result, many people who ...
- 197: Crying of Lot 49
- ... We soon find elements of 'The Courier's Tragedy' almost in all subsequent events of the novel. Pynchon, via Driblette, speaks to the reader: "You guys, you're like the Puritans about the Bible. So hung up with words, words."16 This is not a warning to the reader and Oedipa against interpretation. Instead, it is a warning to the reader ...
- 198: The Life of Emily Dickinson
- ... life and adopted the new transcendental outlook. Massachusetts, the state where Emily was born and raised in, before the transcendental period was the epicenter of religious practice. Founded by the puritans, the feeling of the avenging had never left the people. After all of the "Great Awakenings" and religious revivals the people of New England began to question the old ways ...
- 199: Emily Dickinson
- ... smothering control of institutional religion contributed to Emily Dickinson’s attitudes toward life, death, and spirituality. Massachusetts before the transcendental period was the center of religious customs founded by the Puritans. After the Great Awakenings and subsequent religious revivals that spread across America the New Englanders began to question the old ways. What used to be a focal point of all ...
- 200: Burr, Aaron
- ... The son of a president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and the grandson of another (Jonathan Edwards), Burr could trace his ancestry back to the earliest Puritans. He entered Princeton at the age of 13, graduated at 16, and went on to become a Revolutionary War hero, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel at the age ...
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