Bradstreet And Edwards Compare And Contrast Essay

Bradstreet and Edwards Compare and Contrast “The bow of God’s wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart, and strains the bow, and it is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an angry God, without promise of obligation at all, that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood.” (Edwards, 126) Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards were both very devoted to God , but had different views of him. Bradstreet, a house wife, thought that God did everything for a reason and gave her obstacles that he thought she could handle. While Edwards, a minister, believed that you had to truly believe in God, and if you didn’t God would send you to hell whenever he pleased. In The Sinners in the Hands of an Angry …show more content…
“Treasure lies above” (Bradstreet 119)’. Bradstreet is referencing that God has chosen her things to burn and be destroyed in the real world, but when she goes to heaven they will be there. She is enforcing that God is also saying that she doesn't need these things. “The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string” (Edwards 126)’. Edwards is expressing that God can do what he pleases when he wants. Also shows that God’s arrow is pointed at everything and everyone. Overall symbolism brings the content into new words and meanings. Both Bradstreet and Edwards have shown separate versions of God, but still have the same love and understanding for him. In The Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, and Upon the Burning of Our House, Jonathan Edwards and Anne Bradstreet use imagery, allusions, and symbolism to show the reader that you must believe in God or he will punish you and send you to hell, and that God does things for the better. I have learned that you can have 2 separate versions of the same thing, and impact different people and different