Puritan

Anne Bradstreet expresses humility throughout her poems, which emphasize the gender inequality that women face in the 17th century Puritan America into which she was born. Bradstreet writes poems during a time when women are not treated equal as writers or academics, and her writing displays how she faces discrimination on a regular basis. Edward Taylor, a male poet during the same period as Bradstreet, displays humility and self-effacement in his poems, like Bradstreet; however, the difference…

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is revered for accurately telling the story about the events which unfolded in Salem, Massachusetts during 1692. Demirkaya says that The Crucible “… opened at a time when the term witch-hunt was nearly synonymous in the public mind…” (125). The play was published in 1953 during the Red Scare, and as Susan C.W. Abbotson says in her book, Student Companion to Arthur Miller, “It tells the story behind the Salem witch trials of 1692, centering our attention on the effect…

use of David’s Psalms When the Puritans arrived in New England, they saw themselves confronted with a wilderness in which they wanted to found their “New Jerusalem”. In the Psalms of David, which describe his own spiritual “wilderness experience”, they found hope and consolation. It is not surprisingly then, that these Psalms appeared in the first book printed in America, the Bay Psalm Book of 1640. David’s Psalms appeared to be of particular importance to one Puritan woman, who – during her…

The Struggles and Strength of Hester Prynne In the mid 17th century, Puritans exercised control over the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the US, where they practiced their strict religious beliefs. To the Puritans, a good and admirable person followed the Bible exactly, and never sinned or made any big mistakes. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathanial Hawthorne writes about Hester Prynne, a woman who committed the sin of adultery, but still constantly attempts to redeem herself and atone for her sin. Even…

Close by the banks of Lacrim flood.” Meaning, the narrator is experiencing hard times while she’s dealing with her personal issues. To the Puritans, the belief of faith as well as self is an important aspect. This poem was composed to simply test her new life with Puritan ideas from the New World. The…

differences, and ultimately their political and economic approaches. Climate wise, in the north, New England had a very rocky soil with long winters, but nevertheless found their purpose through religion. The New Englanders were consisted mostly of puritans, and separatists persecuted from England. Being the first colonial…

Monica Lewinsky-this name may bring thoughts of disgust to many. Her affair with the president of the United States (Bill Clinton) was spread around the Internet like rapid fire. Lewinsky was humiliated to no end by having audio messages shared without her consent and having people write nasty things which destroyed her image. She was disgraced because her actions did not correlate with the majority 's beliefs. People bashed on her because that 's what humans tend to do: point out others…

The Puritans were people who moved to the New World in order to establish a community that united them through God and religion. Their envisioned goal was not quite reached, but many of their works are studied for their ideas and how they relate to government. Puritan writing style was heavily influenced by religion, mainly about God’s presence and his impact of works on people’s lives. While Sewall and Edward's had a similar way of writing, due to the heavy influence of God and his works,…

The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 1800s, but the book is placed in the Puritan times of the 1600s. Hawthorne is an anti-transcendentalist, which means he thinks society is good and nature is evil and humans are naturally evil. Puritanism is a very strict religion in the 1600s. If you are a Puritan you are against all earthly pleasure and your life is hell on Earth. Symbolism is a literary device that uses symbols to represent ideas. In this novel, The Scarlet Letter,…

Massachusetts in a way be compared to Jonestown due to the heavy puritan faith. Richard Sibbes a puritan minister is quoted saying “The whole of a Christian should be nothing but praises and thanks to God; we should neither eat nor sleep, but eat to God and work to God and talk to God, do all to His glory”. (Peikola) This mentality is shown very heavily in the town of Salem, their whole live, existence was based upon God. The puritan religion was mostly a strict moral code, and any straying from…