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    Write your own journal entry using the information below. Choose one of the following perspectives: | | © 2004 clipart.com | Option One:Write a journal entry from the perspective of a lusty pirate. What say you to these stuffy Puritans? How is their Puritan lifestyle different from your pirate lifestyle? No pirate journal would be complete without some proper "pirate talk." Visit the Pirate Glossary to discover some common pirate terms. Select at least five of these terms to include in your

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    poem is really unusual for a Puritan person. She thinks that her grandchild should not have death as soon as she did‚ in some way she is saying that God did not let her grandchild leave and she complains about it in this first part of the poem. This attitude about death is quite different from the usual Puritan view of death‚ that accept it as a part of the life that God has prepared to them‚ so the poet resists to accept the common view of death (common for the Puritans). The comparison with the

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    In studies of Puritanism as a movement from 1558-1660‚ historians have debated over the definition of the word ‘puritan’ because of the changing nature of the movement as it responded to various political‚ social and religious developments. The conventional historical interpretation shared by historians Christianson and Wrightson is that ‘Puritan’ more narrowly referred to the ‘hotter sort of protestants’ who‚ although theologically indistinguishable from their Anglican counter-parts‚ actively sought

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    instrumental in establishing different religious beliefs. The three men are William Bradford‚ John Winthrop‚ and Cotton Mather. These men help produce evidence of the bond of religion to early American life. This paper examines the word pilgrim and puritan to help better understand their origins. Religion in Colonial American Literature As people immigrated to America from England‚ they brought their religious ideals with them. These strong religious beliefs are evident in the writings of Colonial American

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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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    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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    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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    Massachusetts. Over the next several decades and into the seventeenth century‚ Puritans from England settled in Salem‚ Boston‚ and officially established the Massachusetts Bay colony. By 1640‚ there were over 40‚000 immigrants that had arrived in the Massachusetts Bay colony (Brooks). The religious ideas of the Puritans

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    a united and independent society. The Puritans referred to motley "group of religious reformers who emerged within the Church of England" and "shared a common Calvinist theology" (Heyrman‚ 2002). Their opposition to the Anglican Church and its impurities‚ eventually led to their dispersal into the American colonies‚ where they established their own sense of "genuine self-government" (Bailey and Kennedy‚ 43). After some initial "surveys" of land‚ the Puritan Pilgrims settled in Plymouth Rock‚ where

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    of the following. Theme‚ with the topic of community expanded .The setting is in the old puritans’ community. And allusions’ to other events in real life‚ that were encrypted in the text. Furthermore‚ how the story outlines what still happens in modern day communities. The theme of community is portrayed through the setting‚ and the characters. The characters are placed in a very strict religious‚ puritan community which isn’t connected‚ to any major towns which adds to the sense that the community

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