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    Puritans Way of Life” The puritans were a very fearful‚ strict and highly religious people. This is explained well in Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible"‚ and in Jonathan Edward’s "Sinners in the Hands of on Angry God". These traits in the society had positive effects and negative. Fearfulness had it’s positive tolls on the society. They feared the worst things to happen to themselves and to the community. By fearing many things they were very well prepared ‚ they took extreme

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    [pic] “The Storming of the Bastille”‚ Claude Monet (1789) This painting represents the chaos and violence that was characteristic of the French Revolution Nate Yurow The Debate Between Romanticism and Enlightenment The poem France: An Ode‚ written by Samuel Coleridge and Robespierre’s Republic of Virtue agree on the values that the French Revolution fights for but have contrasting views on the methods used to achieve those goals. The French Revolution fought to break down the monarchial

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    being a puritan like making good decisions just by following the bible‚ placing God above all‚ and how the community worked in unity. The reason why puritanism was considered a good thing was due to Puritans living closely by the bible and making better decisions in life. Puritans lived by the ten commandments and by what the bible says. An example of puritans living by the bible is not to steal‚ commit adultery‚ murder‚ and many more.Others may say that it’s a disadvantage of being a puritan because

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    The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement in North America in the early 1600’s. It was formed by Puritan settlers fleeing religious persecution in England. The lands which became the Massachusetts Bay Colony had previously been inhabited by Native Indians. The Company of Massachusetts Bay received a charter to start a settlement in the New World in 1629. The charter granted the company the right to establish a settlement. The passengers of the “Arbella” who left England in 1630 with

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    The portrayal of the Puritan society is negative. The Puritans had different beliefs of society‚ religion‚ and the family structure. They believed men were the head of the house and made all the important decisions. They felt the women were just there to take care of the housework and kids. The family structure they had kept everyone on the right path with God and any lechery or any kind of sexual sin was punished severely. Some women found guilty for any kind of crime‚ in extreme cases were put

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    Life In Puritan Times

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    Life during the Puritan colonies were based upon God’s law. They believed the bible was the key to salvation. They also believed that people were either born sinful‚ and bound to a life in Hell‚ or they were destined to to be saved. The only thing that could save their life was purity and pray. Puritans believed in hard work and discipline in life with religious jobs. People who were engaging in sinful activities were humiliated in public and punished for their sinful acts. Puritan times were similar

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    Smart Phones: Windows vs. Android With time‚ phones have changed drastically. First from the house phone to the “brick phone‚” flip phone and now touch screen. Not too long ago Google and Microsoft Windows created smart phones that were really similar to the Apple iPhone‚ which was the phone that achieved better management of apps—BlackBerry being the first to launch phone applications. These smart phones are called Android and Windows Phone 7 which differ a lot from each other. When someone is seeking

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    Essay On Puritan Life

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    Life for Puritans in America was very Religious. Most Puritans came to America for a better life and to escape prosecutions in England. Puritans believed that over every man’s law‚ God’s laws and message were more important. Back then puritans believed in predestination‚ where people was born to spend life in Hell or to be saved. Puritans always worked hard‚were self-disciplined‚ and did religious duties. Others who partied and committed adultery was bound to public humiliation or punishment for

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    Jonathan Edwards’s death‚ and afterwards America experienced this period of enlightenment subsequently forcing out all remaining Puritan views. With this new exposure to the enlightenment‚ America and it’s colonists begin to develop ideas largely dissenting away from traditional Puritan views on total depravity where ‘God is all‚ and man is nothing.’ The beliefs of ‘self-reliance’ or emergence began to trump the Puritan views and exposed all colonists in thinking for themselves‚ acting independently

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    Puritan Misogyny Analysis

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    of the Salem Witch trials was brought about by an underlying sense of misogyny within the Puritan faith. The relationships within the Puritans’ ideal family unit were a parallel to God’s relationship to His creations; the head of the household‚ the man‚ ruled over the family and governed his subjects‚ his wife‚ children‚ and servants‚ just as God governed his own subjects. In effect‚ this analogy

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