Anne Bradsteer and Abigail Adams Today most American women are employed and encouraged to contribute their opinions and ideas but it was not always like that. There were great women that helped us to get to the place where we at today and two of these women are Abigail Adams and Anne Bradstreet. Abigail Adams was wife and advisor of the second president and mother of the sixth president of United States of America. Anne Bradstreet was an early feminist and the first female poet to be published
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Anne Frank; How I’m Impacted Dear Anne Frank‚ Your diary made a prodigious impact on a numerous amount of people‚ including myself. It is ludicrous that the martinet‚ Adolf Hitler‚ would do something so truculent like that. It is a good thing that him and his followers were ostracized from society. The diary you kept when you were in hiding has affected a lot of people in different ways. First of all‚ it has informed many people about the life of a Jew in the depraved time of World War II
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American Literature Test Terms Definitions Colonial New England period is also known as what? Puritan Era When was Jamestown established? 1607 When did the Separatists come to the New World? 1620 When did the Puritans come to America? 1630 When the Puritans came to America‚ where did they land? Massachusetts Bay What are the literary characteristics of the Colonial New England period? Unadorned‚ simple‚ useful‚ natural‚ utalitarian‚ didactic‚ and Biblical What are the Genres
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Literature has always revealed a great deal about the attitudes and beliefs of different cultures. Puritan authors in the late 17th and early 18th centuries wrote poems‚ persuasive speeches‚ stories‚ and first hand accounts that reveal their thoughts‚ feelings‚ and beliefs. Described especially was the Puritan’s deep regard for religion and their fear and love of God. William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation was written in 1630 as a description of Bradford’s experiences in the New World. The main
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ENGL2010 February 10‚ 2013 Analysis of Anne Bradstreet’s Poems Anne Bradstreet’s poem In Reference to Her Children‚ 23 June 1659 is a poem telling of her love‚ care‚ and worries for her children. In Reference to her Children” is both metaphorical and symbolic‚ expressing everything from pathos to love and a hope for her eternal reward. (www.papermasters.com) The poem is structured with a single stanza with every other line rhyming. The speaker seems to be speaking to a semi- private audience given
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A study guide for our Puritan Unit. Answer the following questions in complete sentences and submit to turnitin.com before the end of class. Puritan Plain Style 1. Describe the characteristics of Puritan Plain Style. a. The main characteristics of Puritan Plain Style are that it was very straightforward‚ and it did not really have to be too deep. Also‚ it did not use many figures of speech and it was very simple writing. 2. Compare and contrast the main themes of “To My Dear and
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Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible‚ take’s place during The Salem Witch Trails of 1692. The characters in this play are Puritans. They believe that after death‚ comes judgment‚ and judgment determines if eternity awaits in heaven or hell. With that side‚ this play portrays many conflicts; lying‚ cheating‚ jealousy‚ and lust. Characters throughout this play accuse one another of witchcraft‚ in which the only punishment is death unless you confess. The actions that lead to the death of Giles Corey
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In the poem‚ “The Flesh and the Spirit‚” Anne Bradstreet’s diction gives insight to the theme of material possessions and wealth falling inferior to spiritual salvation. In line eight of the poem‚ Bradstreet refers to the thoughts of the Spirit being on a “higher sphere.” This higher sphere could exemplify heaven. Sphere creates the image of a round object or place‚ which transforms into a higher level then our sphere of existence‚ being earth. The Spirit’s thoughts are of salvation above.
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In “The Author to Her Book” Anne Bradstreet presents a false sense of humility in her extended metaphor where she personifies her very own book as her child‚ calling it “ill-form’d offspring of my feeble brain” (3). The author is practically saying her work is trash and that she isn’t good enough. This false sense of humility is common with authors‚ especially during that time when women weren’t considered capable of coming up with a good piece of writing. Bradstreet is not only self-deprecating
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young member of the Frank family named Anne Frank. Anne Frank kept a diary of the family’s experiences while living in the secret annex. Anne Franks diary and the detailed trials her and her family experienced are known and read by people all over the world. Anne Franks and her diary have
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