4. Edward Taylor, a Puritan poet of the 18th century during the period of the Great Awakening, writes "Upon a Spider, Catching a Fly" to express his perspective on sinners and the power of God as a Puritan as a result of Taylor living during the time of the Great Awakening, a religious revival in the New England colonies. Taylor's poem metaphorically compares a spider's web to Satan and Hell, with a fly being the sinners or those who betray God. In the quote provided, Taylor mentions a wasp, seen as a much stronger insect in comparison to a fly, but still getting trapped in the spider's web. The wasp resists and fights for his life, but he is still stuck in the web. By mentioning this, Taylor aims to express to the reader the wrath of Satan
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Jonathan Edwards, a strongly dedicated Puritan writer, writes [All Sinners in the Hands of God] in an attempt to showcase the Puritan belief of the tragedy of sin against God and the consequences of so, being God's wrath. In his work, Edwards is known to write aggressively and with clear imagery of Puritan beliefs and teachings, in which he writes about the punishment of sin from God to warn the readers of the consequences of not having faith in God, for he is the almighty and power and has control over everyone, regardless of their faith. In the quotation provided, Edwards displays an image of God just seconds away from shooting an arrow through one that has sinned, evidently enjoying the agonizing wait and only delaying the arrow for his own pleasure. Edwards gives clear imagery with the blood of the victim and the strong and sturdy bow and arrow being able to cause an instant kill. This allows the reader to see God's true wrath and fury, causing the reader to feel fear or disgust, with Edward's intention of preventing readers from further sinning in the name of God. Edwards expresses Puritan belief through this quote by displaying God's strength and power over the regular man with the quote happening to showcase God as large and invincible, with man that has sinned at his mercy. People are only here for God's
Jonathan Edwards, a strongly dedicated Puritan writer, writes [All Sinners in the Hands of God] in an attempt to showcase the Puritan belief of the tragedy of sin against God and the consequences of so, being God's wrath. In his work, Edwards is known to write aggressively and with clear imagery of Puritan beliefs and teachings, in which he writes about the punishment of sin from God to warn the readers of the consequences of not having faith in God, for he is the almighty and power and has control over everyone, regardless of their faith. In the quotation provided, Edwards displays an image of God just seconds away from shooting an arrow through one that has sinned, evidently enjoying the agonizing wait and only delaying the arrow for his own pleasure. Edwards gives clear imagery with the blood of the victim and the strong and sturdy bow and arrow being able to cause an instant kill. This allows the reader to see God's true wrath and fury, causing the reader to feel fear or disgust, with Edward's intention of preventing readers from further sinning in the name of God. Edwards expresses Puritan belief through this quote by displaying God's strength and power over the regular man with the quote happening to showcase God as large and invincible, with man that has sinned at his mercy. People are only here for God's