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'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorn and Puritan Thought

culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Nathaniel Hawthornes wo...

John Demos' The Unredeemed Captive and Puritan Beliefs

similar theme: Though hast cast off and put us to shame...and has scattered us among the heathen."2 In this simple illustration ...

Demos: “The Unredeemed Captive”

people into the faith was unsurpassed. But the Puritans had come to the New World to escape religion (Catholic) persecution and to...

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

In five pages the arguement is presented that the future depicted in Offred's narrative is a combination reenactment of the Bible ...

Depiction of Indians and Puritans in Captivity and Restoration by Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

In seven pages this paper examines how Puritans and Indian captors are portrayed by Mary Rowlandson in her early colonial memoir o...

"The Scarlet Letter" and the Subversion of Puritanism

the entire monologue with a sense of poetics, inviting one to study the words more deeply in search of a hidden meaning. This idea...

Christian Charity as Perceived in 1630 Aboard the Arbella

"this great king will have many stewards, counting himself more honored in dispensing his gifts to man by man, than if he did it b...

Puritan Themes in Jonathan Edwards' Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God and Mary Rowlandson's Captivity and Restoration

Rowlandsons tale is subdivided into twenty removes, which are a combination of her own harrowing experiences as an Indian captive,...

Pilgrim Separatists and William Bradford

officials such as bishops and archbishops" (Carroll and Noble, 30). Nor was there just one group of dissenters. The Presbyterians...

What if the Mayflower Had Landed in Jamestown instead of Plymouth?

that ended with the disappearance of the Roanoke Colony, a band of settlers once again took to the sea on a quest for the settleme...

American Religious Freedom and the Puritans

In five pages this paper examines the Puritans in America and how the concept of religious freedom as a double standard. Four sou...

Religious Oppression in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In six pages the oppression that existed in Puritan society is the focus of this analysis of The Scarlet Letter. There are six so...

Puritan Dilemma of John Winthrop

In six pages this essay discusses John Winthrop's story as presented by Edmund Morgan in a consideration of the Puritan dilemma an...

The Search for Jon Winthrop in The Puritan Dilemma

than with the individual. England regarded the Puritans as near-heretics in their abandonment of tradition as they sought to live...

Puritan Beliefs and Their Impact on Society

2000, p. 40). This small number would of course have included those who believed as he did. Calvinism encouraged its adherents to ...

Puritan Beliefs, Attitudes and Behaviors

such a doctrine demands its adherents to examine themselves closely and constantly correct any "imperfections" so that they will b...

John Moretta/William Penn & Quaker Legacy

historiography of Penn scholarship to-date. However, it would have been enlightening and perhaps made his text more appealing to h...

Puritanism and the Formation of the American Character

and that the Puritans did not come to America to seek their freedom, but to "improve their economic well-being."3 At least that wa...

Treatment of Women/17th Century New England

sanctioned as proper for women, Bradstreets work did not go against the norms of Puritan society. However, they do often emphasize...

'Narrative of the Captivity & Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson' and the Puritan Covenant

In this six page paper Mary Rowlandson's relationship with God symbolizes the Puritan covenant and sustains her through her captur...

Journeying into the Woods in 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper discusses the similarities between the journey into the woods and the Puritan journey into the wilderness...

Evaluation John Winthrop's Christian Experience

his education, rather than to his natural bent, however. Though he was raised in and surrounded with religion, it was not u...

Anne Hutchinson of Massachusetts

This paper consists of five pages and discusses why Anne Hutchinson would be perceived as threatening to the Puritan rule in Massa...

Religious Influences on Emily Dickinson

of God resides in all people, thus resulting in fundamental human goodness (Wohlpart, 2004). However, it is important to note tha...

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Post Sin Lack of Mortal Salvation in 'The Minister's Black Veil' and 'Young Goodman Brown'

(Coale 43). In the story, the newlywed Brown leaves Faith, his bride of three months, to take a walk into a forest that no decent...

The Relationship Between Personal and Organizational Ethics

ethics. Personal differences and preferences have the capacity to impact organizational ethics in a variety of ways. This is mos...

Philosophical and Aethetic Comparison of 'Schindler's List' and 'The Battle Of Algiers'

This is a 5 page paper that considers two different cinematic filmmaking approaches to specific battles, one from a Third World pe...

Racism and its Relation to Misperceptions

There are, unfortunately, many reasons for societal discord. Often as not these reasons revolve around the misunderstandings and ...

An Ethical Consideration of the Drug Companies

Drug companies are often criticized for unethical behavior. The writer considers the pharmaceutical companies from an ethical per...

Perspectives on Technology in the 21st Century

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at technological perspectives. The media, consumers, and community are all analyzed for...