Life Exposed In William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation
PURITAN LITERATURE three main points
"Of Plymouth Plantation" by William Bradford
Summary: Bradford describes life in the new Puritan (1)'city upon a hill'. The Puritans thanked God for bringing them to the new land and built their lives around him. Although, in the beginning, (2) they had to push through disease and harsh weather. Bradford also describes how lonely the Pilgrims felt, because no one could 'greet them' and they were in a place in which they knew nothing about. He knew that the Pilgrims knew they were in for hardship. (3)"What could not sustain us but the spirit of God and his grace?"
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards
Summary: (1) "There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but …show more content…
Heidegger's Experiment" [Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Summary:
(1) Dr. H is a scientist who has gathered youth water from Florida and is willing to test it on four old companions of his.
(2) The beauty-obsessed Widow Wycherly has been fought over for years by the lustful Killigrew, financially irresponsible Medbourne, and the corrupt politician Gasciogne.
(3) The four goons drink the water, return to their old habits, knock over the vase of youth water, and become old again. Dr. H does not try the water claiming he does not want to grow young again. [But does he really know the water doesn't last?]
Theme/Motif/Symbol/Moral: People only change for themselves and they will never change if they don't regret what they used to be.
"The Birthmark" [Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Summary:
(1) Dr. Alymer is a perfectionist sorcerer-scientist who shudders at the sight of a crimson, hand-shaped birthmark on the cheek of his beautiful bride, Georgiana.
(2) Georgiana agrees to try to remove the birthmark to please her husband [with the help of grotesque, ingenious assistant Aminadab].
(3) Many foreshadowing clues lead to the death of Georgiana after she drinks the potion that will supposedly remove her
"Of Plymouth Plantation" by William Bradford
Summary: Bradford describes life in the new Puritan (1)'city upon a hill'. The Puritans thanked God for bringing them to the new land and built their lives around him. Although, in the beginning, (2) they had to push through disease and harsh weather. Bradford also describes how lonely the Pilgrims felt, because no one could 'greet them' and they were in a place in which they knew nothing about. He knew that the Pilgrims knew they were in for hardship. (3)"What could not sustain us but the spirit of God and his grace?"
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards
Summary: (1) "There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but …show more content…
Heidegger's Experiment" [Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Summary:
(1) Dr. H is a scientist who has gathered youth water from Florida and is willing to test it on four old companions of his.
(2) The beauty-obsessed Widow Wycherly has been fought over for years by the lustful Killigrew, financially irresponsible Medbourne, and the corrupt politician Gasciogne.
(3) The four goons drink the water, return to their old habits, knock over the vase of youth water, and become old again. Dr. H does not try the water claiming he does not want to grow young again. [But does he really know the water doesn't last?]
Theme/Motif/Symbol/Moral: People only change for themselves and they will never change if they don't regret what they used to be.
"The Birthmark" [Nathaniel Hawthorne]
Summary:
(1) Dr. Alymer is a perfectionist sorcerer-scientist who shudders at the sight of a crimson, hand-shaped birthmark on the cheek of his beautiful bride, Georgiana.
(2) Georgiana agrees to try to remove the birthmark to please her husband [with the help of grotesque, ingenious assistant Aminadab].
(3) Many foreshadowing clues lead to the death of Georgiana after she drinks the potion that will supposedly remove her