12‚ 2014 Puritan Poems Compare and Contrast Essay “What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens – whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender” by Chinua Achebe. This quote refers to the need of equality. During Anne Bradstreet’s and Edward Taylor’s time‚ equality was not something people have thought of; due to the unbalanced power between men and women‚ Bradstreet’s and Taylor’s poems shows many differences while still have some similarities. During the Puritan age‚ the literatures
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Church. Socially‚ the Puritans differed from the Anglicans’ orthodox beliefs of alcohol consumption and paganrelated practices; religiously‚ the Puritans called for change in the structure and abolishment of certain traditions in the Anglican Church; ideologically‚ the Puritans demonstrated their unique way of thinking with their idea of their “City on a Hill;” therefore‚ the Puritans professed change‚ rather than following the orthodox beliefs of the Church of England. The Puritans inspired social change
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According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary‚ a Puritan is a member of a Protestant group in England and New England in the 16th and 17th centuries that opposed many customs of the Church of England. These Puritans broke off from the Church of England and started a new church after the Church of England disagreed to the Puritans’ requests. The Puritans held multiple beliefs and were very serious about religion. Puritans believed the community had a responsibility to punish sinners harshly for the good
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there was hysteria over finding communist‚ much like the Puritans‚ who were obsessed with finding the devil and his servants. The first act in The Crucible depicts the values‚ fears‚ and actions of the Puritans in Salem who thought the devil existed amongst them. One value the puritans held above all other values was to be very religious. The Puritans thought they had to prove to their neighbors they were the chosen ones because the Puritans believed those chosen to go to Heaven were already picked
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The Puritan Society Imagine having to leave your home because you cannot practice your religion freely. This was reality for the Puritans in England before they took a long journey to an unknown land in Salem‚ Massachusetts. There‚ they struggled to settle into a strict‚ religious lifestyle. They followed their Bible and went to Church. They also had harsh punishments for treason as well as other forms of crime. The Puritans were people with a strong belief system that led to irrational
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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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Puritan vs. Quaker The Puritans and the Quakers did not have an easy life when the first came to the new world. They by no means handled the pressure well. At first they had no idea what things were going to end up like. As they arrived in the “New World”‚ they had optimistic plans for creating model societies that would fulfill God’s will on earth. Most groups trying to find their way almost immediately encountered social and political challenges that threatened those plans. In particular the
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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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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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