Transcendentalism In The Crucible
Religion, something most people don’t want to write about, except for these people. Puritanism, Deism and Transcendentalism, the three beliefs that have drastically changed from one another throughout their time. Although they may have some similarities, the biggest difference is the biggest supreme being to them, and yes, it’s God. Puritans believe that they are doing God’s work and must forever serve him or else they face punishment from others. While Deists and Transcendentalists believe in more of a nature spirit. The latter two, however, do not nearly compare with the strictness in religion as the Puritans, thus creating the change through time. Throughout the major literary philosophies in the United States, one can see how the enforcement
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In the text, The Crucible, a Puritan writing by Arthur Miller, said that, “in the record that Mr. Parris keeps, [he] notes that [John Proctor] is rarely in the church on Sabbath Day” (1129). This shows that going to church is a very important thing to do in the Puritan world, because in this quotation Parris is trying to prove that Proctor is a witch. If one is not to go to church everyday, then it is punishable by hanging, whipping, imprisonment and even the accusation of witchcraft, as seen here. The belief in God was very crucial to the Puritans, so crucial that one might have been killed if they did not believe. Another example of strong godly Puritan worship is in Anne Bradstreet’s writing, Upon the Burning of our House. When her house burns down she says goodbye to her “pelf and store”, then believes that her only “treasure lies above” (97). Her treasure, being God, is the only thing that is important to her now. This is an example of how strongly God was forced onto Puritans. Her house burns down and at first she is slightly upset, but then she forgets about all her items that have vanished into ash and dust. She remembers how God must’ve done this for a reason, so she says that he is all she needs in the end. Although The Crucible is a modern text, Arthur Miller went through great pain to try and make an accurate depiction of Puritan lifestyle. He shows exactly how God-involved they were and just how important he was to
In the text, The Crucible, a Puritan writing by Arthur Miller, said that, “in the record that Mr. Parris keeps, [he] notes that [John Proctor] is rarely in the church on Sabbath Day” (1129). This shows that going to church is a very important thing to do in the Puritan world, because in this quotation Parris is trying to prove that Proctor is a witch. If one is not to go to church everyday, then it is punishable by hanging, whipping, imprisonment and even the accusation of witchcraft, as seen here. The belief in God was very crucial to the Puritans, so crucial that one might have been killed if they did not believe. Another example of strong godly Puritan worship is in Anne Bradstreet’s writing, Upon the Burning of our House. When her house burns down she says goodbye to her “pelf and store”, then believes that her only “treasure lies above” (97). Her treasure, being God, is the only thing that is important to her now. This is an example of how strongly God was forced onto Puritans. Her house burns down and at first she is slightly upset, but then she forgets about all her items that have vanished into ash and dust. She remembers how God must’ve done this for a reason, so she says that he is all she needs in the end. Although The Crucible is a modern text, Arthur Miller went through great pain to try and make an accurate depiction of Puritan lifestyle. He shows exactly how God-involved they were and just how important he was to