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    Anne Bradstreet and Phyllis Wheatley: Pioneers for Women’s Rights Anne Bradstreet (1600’s) and Phyllis Wheatley (1700’s) wrote poetry in two different centuries. Their topics‚ themes and the risks these women took in their writings are groundbreaking in that they paved the way for women’s rights today. Both women are known as the first published poets of the new world. Bradstreet’s writings were first published in 1650 and her poetry included controversial subjects such as the relationship between

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    A Clash of Cultures Mary Rowlandson’s “The Account of Mary Rowlandson and Other Indian Captivity Narratives” shows two different sides of the Indian people. This narrative describes Rowlandson’s experience as a captive of an Indian tribe that raided the town of Lancaster in 1676. Following her capture Rowlandson is treated no better than an animal‚ and has no type of freedom what so ever. Even so‚ after living with the Indians for some time‚ they start to treat her more like a person by

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    A. Mary Anne Warren in the chapter “On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion and Postscript on Infanticide” discusses her views on pro-abortion. Warren explains how a fetus has not reached enough development to be considered a person. In order for a being to be considered a person they must have a list of five traits. The first is “consciousness”‚ specifically the facility to feel emotions externally and internally‚ such as pain. The second is “reasoning”‚ the capability to finding solutions to

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    word‚ Gods work and there aditudes. The main belief of the Puritan’s that was written about in the past is religon‚ and faith in God. They showed there feelings in stories‚ journals‚ and meny other forms. Some of the major Puritan writers are: Anne Bradstreet‚ William Bradford‚ Edward Taylor‚ William Byrd‚ and menny outhers. The author of ’Huswifery’‚ Edward Taylor expreses his feelings in a poem‚ he talks about how he wants the lord to use his body as a spinning wheel to glorify God and his word

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    Part 1: Short Answer 1. Identify and explain an emotion that Bradstreet expresses in her poem that any mother might have. She is sad that her children are growing up and leaving home. 2. Read Bradstreet’s biography. List two hardships she endured throughout her life. Then‚ in at least two sentences‚ explain how these hardships might have influenced her poem "In Reference to Her Children."  All colonists were fighting for survival due to lack of food‚ the climate‚ ect. She was afflicted

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    enough faith to “bless His grace that gave and took” (Bradstreet 14). Bradstreet’s use of euphonious diction with soft s‚ c‚ v‚ and g sounds in phrases such as “bless His grace” give a tender‚ graceful mood to the poem. Also‚ her word choice has a positive connotation and suggests unconditional praise. She says that the world holds no promises for her‚ because her “hope and treasure lies above” (54). The irony in this line is relevant because Bradstreet has just lost everything she has ever had‚ but she

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    thing? No‚ it’s not‚ it’s completely normal to have emotions‚ everyone has emotions. Mary Anne Bell symbolizes how women are capable of being part of a war and finding interest in subjects in which society would consider “Only meant for men”. Tim O’Brien is not a feminist‚ I believe that he is making an argument discussing how women should be treated equally as men‚ no gender labels nor excuses. O’Brien says‚ “If Mary was a man it wouldn’t be a big deal”. No matter what gender soldiers are they lose

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    John Winthrop’s “Model of Christian Charity‚” Anne Bradstreet’s The Tenth Muse‚ and Cotton Mather’s Wonders of the Invisible World connect and juxtapose world events during the 1600s. Winthrop supposedly presented his “Model of Christian Charity” sermon on the Arabella en route from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. While the Mayflower Compact was not a sermon‚ it connects to Winthrop’s sermon in two ways. First‚ both are significant to the ships they were presented on‚ the Mayflower and Arabella

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    people. There is an innocence that is forever lost. An innocence that can never be gained back. Change is inevitable. Change‚ in Mary Anne Bell’s case‚ is here to stay. It has its way of affecting each and every person it encounters. In the book The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ he incorporates an innocent city girl into the wild jungle of war in Vietnam; Mary Anne Bell. Because Mark Fossie decides to take a drastic measure and fly his girlfriend to Vietnam during one of the most brutal wars

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    the story. Whether it is the way he integrates metamorphosis into the characters’ lives‚ the loyalty and companionship between all of the men‚ or simply the way a war story is told. The character that seemed to be the boldest in this story was Mary Anne Bell. She went through so much change and transformation in one small excerpt of the novel. It seemed as though she lost her innocence and took on a new identity over time. Being Mark Fossie’s girlfriend‚ nobody was sure how to feel about her at

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