The Salem Witch Trials- Notes Hammer of Witches (Malleusficarum) –book about finding witches Salem village/town Puritans believe everyones fate is determined before they are born Destined for heaven or hell? Puritan women were dosile silent; women were more likely to join the devils cause if they were lustful‚ knowing forbidden knowledge Witch hunt 1692 12-20 Christian girls who listened to Tituba’s tales acted in strange ways in trances‚ picked with pins‚ wanting to commit suicide/ screaming
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Aphra Behn ’s The Rover: Evaluating Women ’s Social and Sexual Options Following the collapse of the Puritan Protectorate in 1660‚ the halls of court seemed to buzz with a festive attitude: “Out with the old and in with the… older.” Cavalier revelries under Charles II regained the notoriety of their pre-Cromwellian counterparts. Britain’s king led his noblemen by example with a hedonistic lifestyle of parties‚ sex‚ and extravagant spending. The social and sexual freedom of this “libertinism‚”
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ones being the Pilgrims‚ Separatists‚ Anglicans‚ Catholics‚ Puritans and the Quakers. These religious groups set up the 13 colonies for the beginning of their religious beliefs. Anne Hutchinson followed the Puritans for many years.
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2013 Puritan Women Roles and Anne Bradstreet’s Thoughts on These Roles The Puritans were a very religious group of people. They always worshipped God and followed their church duties. They also saw men as superior to women. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan woman born in the 1600s. She was a brilliant writer and wanted her talents shown‚ but she had a hard time with this profession because of the roles Puritan women were to have. Today her work is very well known and has inspired many women and men
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the Seventeenth Century In the early 17th century‚ numerous Puritans flocked from Britain to the new developing colonies along the east coast of Northern America. Marriage and family values were the epitome of the Puritan way of life. Marriage in Puritan society was greatly influenced by the millennium which led men and women to marry for particular reasons. This can be proven throughout Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible where Puritan couples in Salem‚ Massachusetts such as the Proctors‚ Putnams
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Hutchinson perceived as threats by the Puritan authorities? What do these cases tell us about the belief system of the Puritan authorities in Massachusetts Bay colony? Every time in history when the government had too much power‚ corruption occurred. In Massachusetts Bay colony and other colonies‚ church and politics were greatly combined‚ causing problems with non-Puritans. The church influenced the conduct of politics and the affairs of society. These non-puritans were persecuted and were excluded
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Hutchinson In Puritan led Massachusetts Bay Colony during the days of Anne Hutchinson was an intriguing place to have lived. It was designed ideally as a holy mission in the New World called the "city upon a hill‚" a mission to provide a prime example of how protestant lives should have subsisted of. A key ingredient to the success of the Puritan community was the cohesion of the community as a whole‚ which was created by a high level of conformity in the colony. Puritan leaders provided leadership
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history. Born in 1612 in England‚ she came to America as part of a fleet of Puritan emigrants in 1630. Bradstreet is considered by many to be the first American poet. Her writing style is typical of Puritan writing in some cases‚ and in other cases it is atypical of Puritan writing. Being a Puritan woman‚ Anne Bradstreet incorporated many ideas like religion into her writings‚ as religion was a fundamental‚ pivotal focus of Puritan society and life. In her poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband‚” Bradstreet
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Women in Puritan society were strictly confined to traditional roles within their family and community. They were solely relegated to serve their husband and their household. Anne Hutchinson was a woman in that time period that rebelled against the traditional roles by standing up for her own thoughts. Hester Prynne‚ a fictional character in The Scarlet Letter‚ is a symbol of what Anne Hutchinson represents in Puritan history. Both women went against traditional beliefs and stood by them. Puritans
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mixed attitudes towards the Puritan community. However‚ after analyzing a passage from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ I have realized Hawthorne’s attitude towards the Puritans. The author cleverly portrayed his perspective through his syntax‚ diction‚ and imagery. Based on the authors writing style‚ I have concluded that Hawthorne finds the Puritans “severe”‚ “grim”‚ “rigid”‚ “awful”‚ and “cold”. Hawthorne suggests his attitude regarding the Puritans through his use of syntax and
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