The age of the of the puritans is generally characterized by the period from 1546-1660 in the region of New England. Evading the religious restriction from back in england, they ironically subjected their members to similar restrictions, but is the form of fear of acting in certain ways to avoid the callus judgmentalness of its members. Great simplicity was associated with their faith and life style and it could be seen in the structure of literature as well. The period of time that transitioned out of these simplistic methods into more complex and logical ways of life extends Age of Reason Literature from the end of puritanism in 1660 to 1800.The Literature from the Age of Reason is better reflective of the time because the logical structure,
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Patriot, Thomas Paine, is a perfect example as you look his book “Common sense”. The title itself reveals something about his rebelliousness as, it mocks Great Britain ,calling common sense the fact that England is cruel, supressive and needs to be overthrown. Specifically his book examines the purpose of government and why Britain had failed to meet those needs. In the most famous line of his book he declares to Britain “ Give me liberty or give me death”. Here he is likely alluding to the many deaths that would occur with a war against them to regain their …show more content…
This is false because unlike the word “god” which evidently continues to appear in philosophical and religious literature, references to “The 13 colonies” only started occurring occurring in the Age of Reason it. In other words,seeing “god” in text does not exclusively signify the puritan time, but seeing the appearance of “The thirteen colonies” does precisely inform the reader that it was written no earlier than the age of reason, since thirteen colonies did not exist until 1732 when the last colony of Georgia was
Patriot, Thomas Paine, is a perfect example as you look his book “Common sense”. The title itself reveals something about his rebelliousness as, it mocks Great Britain ,calling common sense the fact that England is cruel, supressive and needs to be overthrown. Specifically his book examines the purpose of government and why Britain had failed to meet those needs. In the most famous line of his book he declares to Britain “ Give me liberty or give me death”. Here he is likely alluding to the many deaths that would occur with a war against them to regain their …show more content…
This is false because unlike the word “god” which evidently continues to appear in philosophical and religious literature, references to “The 13 colonies” only started occurring occurring in the Age of Reason it. In other words,seeing “god” in text does not exclusively signify the puritan time, but seeing the appearance of “The thirteen colonies” does precisely inform the reader that it was written no earlier than the age of reason, since thirteen colonies did not exist until 1732 when the last colony of Georgia was