When the Puritans set sail for the Americas they were looking to reform the Church of England from within and to reform ideas of the government. The Puritans major goal in leaving from England was to create a Christian utopia that thrived economically‚ politically and socially. Economically the Puritans believed that it was sinful to have excess‚ therefore they worked within their means and looked down upon materialism. Politically the Puritans had small towns that had a limited democracy and
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Puritans: Bigots or Builders The Puritans were a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries that did not have religious freedom under the Anglican Church‚ thus left for North America to create a "New England". In determining whether the Puritans were bigots or builders‚ one must take in consideration their overall impact on society‚ either "good" or "bad". The Puritans were intolerant‚ strict‚ and have not influenced modern day ways for the better. Thus‚ the Puritans are in
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books contain religious content he does not always show the positive sides of it. In The Scarlett Letter Hawthorne presents the cruel and harsh punishment that the protagonist‚ Hester Prynne‚ goes through that the Puritans have forced upon her. Hawthorne predominately shows the Puritan rule through this novel and also the persecution of anyone who goes against them. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born July 4‚ 1804
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Double Bondage..Puritan and Women Being oppressed by their male counterparts‚ women were extremely disgruntled. As the quote explains‚ Anne Bradstreet’s “poetry must have been her outlet for her discontent.” This discontent stems from the oppression of women of her time. Women in Puritan society during the dawn of the New World in the English colonies were extremely oppressed‚ double-teamed by both religion and men. Puritan society in New England was a society with a strong patriarchal community
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The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ is a play portraying the life of the Puritans in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ during the 1600s. The Puritans were a community that had a far-fetched idea of perfection‚ and had an unjust church. They believed that everyone had to be pure in order to be perfect. Men had to dress and act the same‚ women had to dress and act the same‚ and almost all fun was forbidden and considered witchcraft. The Puritan’s society was strongly influenced by religion. Their importance of religion
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the New World were the English Puritans. In the 17th century‚ a man called John Winthrop traveled to Massachusetts Bay along with many other Puritans. With troubles with the Church of England‚ this group of people wanted to launch new lives on a new continent. To support their desires‚ John Winthrop offered several reasons and arguments to support moving to New England. Winthrop used figurate language to express the views and wants of he and his fellow Puritans. One of his main reasons was that
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The Godly beliefs and punishments followed by the Puritans stemmed from their English experience and complete involvement in religion. The Puritan society molded itself and created a government based upon the Bible and implemented it with force. Hester’s act of adultery was welcomed with rage and was qualified for serious punishment. Boston became more involved in Hester’s life after her crime was announced than it had ever been beforethe religious based‚ justice system formally punished her and
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religion. Although these people where many different denominations like‚ Catholic‚ Quakers‚ and Puritans‚ they all came to escape from religious persecution‚ each group varied on how their religion influenced their government. One of the first denominations to settle in the New World was the Puritans‚ who founded the colony of Massachusetts. The Puritans came mainly for economic growth. The Puritans were very strict. Going to church was mandatory and if you misbehaved if you were older you would
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a mother‚ a father and a child. In a Puritan society this standard was not forgotten. Other normalities in a Puritan society were mandatory church attendance‚ harsh punishments placed on those who strayed from God’s. Some punishments were more vigorous than others‚ executions‚ whippings‚ and public humiliations. In the case of Hester Prynne‚ her punishment for conceiving her daughter Pearl was to wear a scarlet letter A on her chest. Hester violated the Puritan law of premarital sex‚ with the young
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The Puritans produced many poets over the colonial period. Puritan lifestyle was based on three major principles. These principles were humbleness‚ simple life‚ and faith in G-d. The puritans strictly adhered to these principles. Another principle‚ although not as important‚ was the principle of regeneration. This is accepting people back into the Church or "re-bearing" them The poetry of the Puritans was greatly affected by these three and much can be seen about Puritan life from these texts. Edward
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