Mary Rowlandson Narrative Essay
?I had walked in Gods sight; which lay so close unto my spirit that it was easy for me to see how righteous it was with God to cut off the thread of my life and cast me out of His presence forever? says Mary Rowlandson, in her A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. Here there are a reflection of religious connotations that are important to the Puritan way of life. This narrative is certainly a Puritan piece of literary work. Through identifying elements of Puritanism, comparing the role assigned to God, and analyzing devotion to God, displays Puritanism in the narrative. Through these three methods one can clearly see that this is indeed a Puritan sample of literature. In the …show more content…
Rowlandson and Anne Bradstreet paint God as the ?ultimate healer?. Bradstreet shows God as the ultimate healer in her Puritan work ?A Deliverance From Fever?. This poem is an account of Bradstreet suffering with the afflictions of terrible sickness and her coming to the realization that she may not be physically healed, but God with ultimately heal her. Bradstreet says, ?Thou heard'st, Thy rod Thou didst remove And spared my body frail Thou show'st to me Thy tender love, My heart no more might quail.? When Bradstreet speaks of Gods tender love she knows that although her physical body may not be saved, but spiritually she is saved and is ultimately healed because of her belief in God. In this account as God delivers her from her fever and Bradstreet realizes that her ascendance into heaven is Gods healing of her body. Rowlandson is similar when she says ?He wounded me with one hand so he healed me with the other? (77). Although Rowlandson is not dying she is still suffering like Bradstreet. This quote displays how Rowlandson is physically suffering but God will be the ultimate healer. The perception of both authors that God is the ultimate healer and Savior reflects the Puritan worldview that consists of God granting eternal life so one will be ultimately
?I had walked in Gods sight; which lay so close unto my spirit that it was easy for me to see how righteous it was with God to cut off the thread of my life and cast me out of His presence forever? says Mary Rowlandson, in her A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. Here there are a reflection of religious connotations that are important to the Puritan way of life. This narrative is certainly a Puritan piece of literary work. Through identifying elements of Puritanism, comparing the role assigned to God, and analyzing devotion to God, displays Puritanism in the narrative. Through these three methods one can clearly see that this is indeed a Puritan sample of literature. In the …show more content…
Rowlandson and Anne Bradstreet paint God as the ?ultimate healer?. Bradstreet shows God as the ultimate healer in her Puritan work ?A Deliverance From Fever?. This poem is an account of Bradstreet suffering with the afflictions of terrible sickness and her coming to the realization that she may not be physically healed, but God with ultimately heal her. Bradstreet says, ?Thou heard'st, Thy rod Thou didst remove And spared my body frail Thou show'st to me Thy tender love, My heart no more might quail.? When Bradstreet speaks of Gods tender love she knows that although her physical body may not be saved, but spiritually she is saved and is ultimately healed because of her belief in God. In this account as God delivers her from her fever and Bradstreet realizes that her ascendance into heaven is Gods healing of her body. Rowlandson is similar when she says ?He wounded me with one hand so he healed me with the other? (77). Although Rowlandson is not dying she is still suffering like Bradstreet. This quote displays how Rowlandson is physically suffering but God will be the ultimate healer. The perception of both authors that God is the ultimate healer and Savior reflects the Puritan worldview that consists of God granting eternal life so one will be ultimately