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- 21: Examination of Puritan Philosophy in Bradford's "On Plymouth Plantation"
- ... to escape the religious persecution that hounded Non-Anglicans in England. They established the Plymouth Colony in 1620, in what is now Massachusetts. The colony was a reflection of the Puritans' beliefs. These beliefs, along with the experience of establishing a colony in "the middle of nowhere", affected the writings of all who were involved with the colony. In this writing ... He goes on to say that he "became a profitable member in both church and state, implying that John Howland was one of the so called "Puritan Saints". To the Puritans, Saints were people whom God was to save, so these people received God's blessings, and therefore were profitable in Puritan society. In Chapter X (ten) of Bradford's writing ... came flying amongst them." He continues "Their men ran with all their speed to recover their arms, as by the good province of God they did." Bradford belief that the Puritans are God's "chosen" shows in his writing, and affects his narration of the story. After telling us of the attack, he adds, "Thus it pleased God to vanquish ...
- 22: Admiration Of Anne Bradstreets
- ... God. He serves God by working hard and not doing things that would be considered bad by a Puritan (ie. fun, drinking, dancing, and parties.) He believes just like other Puritans that life should be dedicated strictly to God. The main idea to understand from Puritans is that when they believe that they are beginning to understand the Bible, they are beginning to understand the Word of God. Understanding the word of God means to Puritans that God is dwelling within them, which then, in turn, means that they are one of the chosen few who are saved. In order to ensure that he is ...
- 23: The Crucible 3
- ... His play not only recounts the historic events but also specifically sheds light on the rationalization for this hysteria. In Miller s running commentary he describes the intent of the Puritans particularly accurately. In one specific statement, he says they [the Puritans] believed, in short, that they held in their steady hands the candle that would light the world. We have inherited this belief and it has helped and hurt us. This statement proves itself to be particularly profound, for it manages to both accurately describe the actions of the Puritans, and relate it to our world today. To understand the implications of Mr. Miller when he discusses the Salem witchcraft trials as having an impact on our society, one ...
- 24: The Crucible 3
- ... His play not only recounts the historic events but also specifically sheds light on the rationalization for this hysteria. In Miller s running commentary he describes the intent of the Puritans particularly accurately. In one specific statement, he says they [the Puritans] believed, in short, that they held in their steady hands the candle that would light the world. We have inherited this belief and it has helped and hurt us. This statement proves itself to be particularly profound, for it manages to both accurately describe the actions of the Puritans, and relate it to our world today. To understand the implications of Mr. Miller when he discusses the Salem witchcraft trials as having an impact on our society, one ...
- 25: Admiration Of Anne Bradstreets
- ... God. He serves God by working hard and not doing things that would be considered bad by a Puritan (ie. fun, drinking, dancing, and parties.) He believes just like other Puritans that life should be dedicated strictly to God. The main idea to understand from Puritans is that when they believe that they are beginning to understand the Bible, they are beginning to understand the Word of God. Understanding the word of God means to Puritans that God is dwelling within them, which then, in turn, means that they are one of the chosen few who are saved. In order to ensure that he is ...
- 26: Scarlet Letter
- Discussed Themes Throughout The Scarlet Letter The Puritans, a religious group in New England in the early 1600 s, believe in a pure interpretation of the Bible and a sinless society, though inevitable in every society. Many Puritans commit adultery along with many other sins. This shows the many external truths about the Puritan society as well as today s. Many of these Puritan ethics appear throughout many literary works of today and of the past. Although written almost 150 years ago, Nathaniel Hawthorne s The Scarlet Letter contains concepts and insights from traditional practices of the Puritans. Hawthorne makes distinctions in order for the reader to deal with realistic interpretations of human experiences and truths, which most can readily relate. Nathaniel Hawthorne often discusses themes of ...
- 27: Young Goodman Brown
- ... Young Goodman Brown are everywhere in today's society, and, still, there are those who try and destroy that which they do not understand or refuse to understand like the Puritans in The Maypole of Merrymount. The Birth-Mark grapples with the scientific progress of the time. I think the theme of humans trying to control nature with unfavorable results is ... Maypole of Merrymount describes a maypole, and it's significance in American history. Hawthorne creates a scene of revelry (almost a Mardi Gras scene) and has it destroyed by the Puritans. This story reminds me of the Christian Creation Story with the maypole being the Garden of Eden and the Puritans being allegorical figures of Satan. Hawthorne seems to blame the demise of the American freespirit on the Puritans. I don't have much to comment on this story it ...
- 28: NATIONAL MORALITY IN HAWTHORNE
- ... understanding of the underlying ideas of Hawthorne, a view on national morality emerges. Hawthorne criticizes the fundamentalist Puritan characters, particularly Dimmesdale, by showing their hypocrisy and displaying the failures of Puritans and their form of a national morality. The treatment of the outcast Hester Ledbetter-2 reveals Hawthorne’s desire to form a national morality founded on individual accountability and Transcendentalist ... of the theocratic Puritan state. He creates a major character, Arthur Dimmesdale, who is a highly respected member of the Puritan community who commits adultery, a crime against everything the Puritans believe in (Leavitt, 90). Arthur Dimmesdale is the leader of the Salem community as minister of the local congregation. He is an ordained minister and highly educated at the best ... different from the holy man the town perceives him to be (Gross, 65). The character of Dimmesdale is used by Nathaniel Hawthorne to demonstrate the insufficiencies and failures of the Puritans’ lifestyle. In spite of the communion between the church and state, the ruling body of Salem could not discover Hester’s co-conspirator. They made repeated attempts to discover ...
- 29: "Fire From Heaven", "Much Ado About Nothing", and "The Flea": Sinful Acts
- ... position vividly throughout their work. David Underdown didn't live in this time period, but his work was a work of history and his ideas coincided with those of the Puritans. He uses these ideas to take a position on the Puritan's side and to better explain the good they were trying to achieve. The Puritans of Dorchester as we have learned about our reading, were a very religious group who wanted to create the perfect society. Their mission in Dorchester was to make extinct all ... work. His views of sexual misconduct between married men and women being worse than that between unmarried people probably come from his growing up in a more modern world. The Puritans probably did distinguish some, but it wasn't very prominent or apparent. His makes this point clear in the passage, "Misbehavior among married people was especially serious, as it ...
- 30: Anne Bradstreet: The Heretical Poet
- ... the dozen years before 1640, some 15,000 Englishmen crossed the Atlantic in order to establish a 'Holy Commonwealth' in which that way of life could flourish"(Hall 1). The Puritans were a party in the Church of England that arose in Elizabeth's reign with the purpose of carrying out the Protestant reformation, and to base the Church of England on the foundation of the scriptures. Aside from a literal belief in the Bible, Puritans wholly accepted the doctrines of John Calvin and his stern legalistic theology. The Puritans held that religion should permeate every phase of living. The purpose of life was to do God's will; everything else was subordinate to this basic doctrine. The Colony ...
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