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In seven pages this paper examines how Puritans and Indian captors are portrayed by Mary Rowlandson in her early colonial memoir o...

is a poor, but virtuous servant employed within the estate of the nobleman, her master, whom she refers to as Mr. B. This narrativ...

to reform the church in England; the story of the Puritans efforts and their emigration to North America is well known. This paper...

the very antithesis of natural ("fleshly" or "bodily") love. Similarly, Taylor reframes the natural death of a wasp in the cold as...

In five pages the arguement is presented that the future depicted in Offred's narrative is a combination reenactment of the Bible ...

to escape persecution and established colonies in North America. This paper considers a different aspect of the story: what happen...

the entire monologue with a sense of poetics, inviting one to study the words more deeply in search of a hidden meaning. This idea...

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at the Puritan Revolution and its impact on literature. Shakespeare's Prospero and Milt...

was execution day for eight people in Salem Village, Massachusetts. Their crime: allegedly practicing witchcraft and worshipping ...

Puritans saw themselves a turning away from a thousand years of established religious teaching so that the "truth" of the New Test...

culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Nathaniel Hawthornes wo...

similar theme: Though hast cast off and put us to shame...and has scattered us among the heathen."2 In this simple illustration ...

"this great king will have many stewards, counting himself more honored in dispensing his gifts to man by man, than if he did it b...

Company (Einwechter, 1999). This agreement stated the purpose for traveling to the New World, which was basically an affirmation t...

Rowlandsons tale is subdivided into twenty removes, which are a combination of her own harrowing experiences as an Indian captive,...

come about. At the same time, the authors depiction of the Indians is less than kind and while that is true, one can say that her ...

(Coale 43). In the story, the newlywed Brown leaves Faith, his bride of three months, to take a walk into a forest that no decent...

of nature and the unveiling of secrets; a theme which is well illustrated in The Use of Force. As Johnson (2004) notes, the narrat...

of God resides in all people, thus resulting in fundamental human goodness (Wohlpart, 2004). However, it is important to note tha...

as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...

its mothers shame has come from the hand of God," and, in so doing, works upon the heart of her mother, both giving her joy and pr...

and that the Puritans did not come to America to seek their freedom, but to "improve their economic well-being."3 At least that wa...

sanctioned as proper for women, Bradstreets work did not go against the norms of Puritan society. However, they do often emphasize...

2000, p. 40). This small number would of course have included those who believed as he did. Calvinism encouraged its adherents to ...

such a doctrine demands its adherents to examine themselves closely and constantly correct any "imperfections" so that they will b...

capitalistic hegemony. Mainstream models such as socialism and feminism given alternative view on the political and ethical issues...

to stifle dissent. When citizens can no longer speak freely for fear of being called traitors or harassed or arrested, then the co...

opening, Hughes moves on to create a "crescendo of horror," which entails moving through a series of neutral questions. The questi...

resisted the imposition of another name, Gustavus Vassa, by his master. Nevertheless, despite being treated as an animal, Douglass...

holy cause. Therefore, compromise is unlikely. A student talks about the" energizing character of religious zeal. " Indeed, religi...