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- 261: Oliver Cromwell
- ... its new king. Fairfax refused the command; so on June 25 Cromwell was appointed captain general in his place. He felt tender toward the Scots, most of whom were fellow Puritans, than toward the Catholic Irish. The campaign proved difficult, and during the winter of 1650 Cromwell was taken ill. But he defeated the Scots with an army inferior in numbers ...
- 262: Race In The New England and Southern 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 ...
- 263: The Crucible - Struggles in the Play
- ... falsely accused by their neighbors as a method of revenge, and as an outlet for their maliciousness. When Abigail uses this case to attack Rebecca Nurse, one of the best Puritans in the Salem, John Proctor begins his efforts to stop the injustice. This increases when Elizabeth Proctor is tried and sentenced to death. This is John Proctor's struggle. He ...
- 264: Scarlet Letter 2 --
- ... for Dimmesdale to deny Pearl as his daughter in the village just so he can keep his sin secret. He is unable to accept his family in front of the Puritans because of Dimmesdale's guilt of not complying of being their role model. To keep his sin disguised and not being able to admit his guilt , he afflicts himself with ...
- 265: The Scarlet Letter Essay
- ... to make his last, valiant leap to reach Him, and then snatched him at the apex of his pathetic trajectory. Dimmesdale is redeemed, but, it would seem, conditionally. If the Puritans believed in a Purgatory, Dimmesdale would be there. However, with only a Heaven and Hell, Dimmesdale must be admitted into Heaven, grudgingly. Hawthorne writes, "According to these highly respectable witnesses ...
- 266: Scarlet Letter 4 =
- ... snatch up stones to throw at them, while screaming. In the garden of the Puritan society, Pearl is the rose bush, while the ugliest weeds of the garden were their [Puritans ] children, whom Pearl smote down and uprooted, most unmercifully (80). Prynne, the adulterous mother, feels the guilt of bringing Pearl into the world and is reluctant to discipline the child ...
- 267: Scarlet Letter Essay
- ... I think her attempt to establish an honest relationship with other human beings was a great attempt and somewhat successful. By her actions to not totally isolate herself from the Puritans, it showed her honesty and respect for others.
- 268: Scarlet Letter Townspeople
- ... As Hester grows, the townspeople gain a new sort of open-mindedness allowing them to grant her an abode in their municipality. However, this new attitude is tainted because many Puritans maintain feelings of hatred towards an evil sinner. They often stare at her scarlet letter, alienating her from the town. They accordingly stood, fixed there by the centrifugal force of ...
- 269: Quartet Behind Teh Scarlet Let
- ... definitely isolated from society, but there are still traces of intercourse with society (Axelson 77). However, her needlework fascinated many people and was fashionable among the upper ranks of the Puritans (Newberry 5). Yet she feels that she has been taken advantage of by Chillingworth, who makes her keep his identity secret while he searches for the one who sinned with ...
- 270: Scarlet Letter-the Sides Of A
- The Sides of the Characters of the Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the book in the times of the puritans in the 1600 s. The Characters of the book include Hester Prynne, Pearl, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingsworth. The first person I will talk about is Roger Chillingsworth, who ...
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