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- 281: Crucible
- ... 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 ...
- 282: Crying Of Lot 49
- ... confused spectator on Pierce¡¦s estate. There are hints of warnings to the reader and Oedipa of the addictive nature of their respective searches. ¡§You guys, you¡¦re like the Puritans about the Bible. So hung up with words¡¨ (p. 79). With Oedipa¡¦s inability to separate her play from its author, editor or producer, her search for the original version ...
- 283: The Bronte Sisters, Jane Eyre
- ... ever since. Perhaps the most wonderful fact about the Bronte sisters is that the liberation of English fiction from the chains of conventionality was brought about by these "little provincial Puritans" (Gosse 62). In the modern world of literature, both are equally hailed as the precursors of feminist novelists for their originality in form and content. Their talents were highly superior ...
- 284: Andrew Jackson
- ... rude mockeries of the human structure. Witchcraft and demonic ideas or beliefs are not to even be thought of during these times; severe punishment is the wrath of such things. Puritans must also attend the designated church services regularly. These are held on Sundays, from sun-up until sundown. If one fails to be in attendance, he will be punished accordingly ...
- 285: The Scarlet Letter 2
- ... The letter "A" also aquires a reaction form the Puritan society. They are outraged that she walks the streets, wearing her embroidered "A," as if nothing has happened. To the Puritans, Hester is only piling sin on sin by decorating her "A" (Hart 96). They feel she should die for her sins and not use her punishment as a way of ...
- 286: Allegorical “Young Goodman Brown”
- ... beliefs and his questioning of his heritage. As a Puritan, Young Goodman Brown sought a true conversion experience. Whether or not the meeting in the woods existed is not important. Puritans required their followers to doubt themselves and their community so much that a reality in which they could be good and trustworthy did not exist. It also taught that you ...
- 287: Othello 5
- ... what one is doing. Othello at the beginning was a defender of the Christian faith, and in Shakespeare's era the church had a lot of say, particularly as the puritans had nearly taken over then. 'The potency of evil' manages to turn Othello into a morally blind, senseless fool. The play is a kind of warning against evil, telling even ...
- 288: Hester And Abigail
- ... often examines people and motives. In Nathaniel Hawthorne s novel, The Scarlet Letter, and in Aruthur Miller s modern dramatic masterpiece, The Crucible, people and motives often depict patters of Puritans struggling for life during a shaky time. Two main characters from both pieces of works share the traits of a struggling Puritan as adulators. Even tough Hester and Abigail have ...
- 289: 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 ...
- 290: Othello
- ... what one is doing. Othello at the beginning was a defender of the Christian faith, and in Shakespeare's era the church had a lot of say, particularly as the puritans had nearly taken over then. 'The potency of evil' manages to turn Othello into a morally blind, senseless fool. The play is a kind of warning against evil, telling even ...
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