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    Women in Puritan society were strictly confined to traditional roles within their family and community structures. They were solely relegated to serve their husband and their household. These circumstances were made apparent in the journal of John Winthrop as well as the letters between him and his wife. The statements made in John Winthrop’s journal regarding Anne Hutchinson are descriptive of the restricted roles of women in the commonwealth. The way in which Margaret speaks to her husband

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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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    The Role Of Puritan Women

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    Throughout history‚ women have been seen as having a specific role in society. Puritan times were no exception to this‚ having the idea that women were meant to be housewives and mothers‚ there to take care of their husbands and children without causing any trouble. Men were supposed to do the hard work while women were supposed to be nurturing. While many women conformed to this standard‚ there were also women who did not. It is through the words and experiences of these womenwomen who went against

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    The Puritans constant desire for the “ city on the hill” seemed to give a cookie cutter idea for imperfect people who were told to be perfect instead of allowing individuality. It is commonly thought that a utopian society is ideal. Little did the common man know that in a population ruled by theocracy it would have a massive effect on the culture of literature‚ cultural environments‚ and texts that would be produced from these events of what were thought to be sin. In particular when we examined

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    The Commission of the Puritan Women The Puritans were a fracture of the English Church. They sought to walk closer to their God by following every written letter of the Scriptures. This paper seeks to shed some light into the life of the Puritan women and the effects of this religion had on society today. To be a women of Puritan faith was not a paltry task‚ it required fortitude‚ strength‚ and an infinite amount of patients. The Puritans had strictly defined gender roles establish by their priest

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    Puritan Gender Roles Puritan beliefs were very strict and proper. They believed in a close correlation between church and government. One huge belief that they lived by was gender roles. These roles were ingrained in their society‚ seeing women as inferior. (Puritans). All puritans were expected to live by this‚ having the idea that there is a strict right and wrong. The Puritan belief of gender roles are not necessary or fair in society. Puritans had many reasons for this belief that they saw logical

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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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    Puritans In The Crucible

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    Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible‚ take’s place during The Salem Witch Trails of 1692. The characters in this play are Puritans. They believe that after death‚ comes judgment‚ and judgment determines if eternity awaits in heaven or hell. With that side‚ this play portrays many conflicts; lying‚ cheating‚ jealousy‚ and lust. Characters throughout this play accuse one another of witchcraft‚ in which the only punishment is death unless you confess. The actions that lead to the death of Giles Corey

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    Puritan Women

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    September 2014 Women in the Puritan Society Rights for women in the Puritan community were very scarce. The women lacked rights because men were seen as superior to them. Even though men were the ultimate leaders of the Puritan community‚ women still played a vital role throughout their society. With the limited rights women possessed‚ they impacted the Puritan community in many ways. Puritan women had little to no rights back then; however‚ they did play an important role in the Puritan society through

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    A Noose and a Thread Since early civilization religion has set the precedent for society. As time goes on‚ society evolves‚ but at the price of evolution comes a great sacrifice that women are usually at the center of. In The Heretic’s Daughter and The Scarlet Letter‚ both of the main characters‚ two different but also similar women‚ endure suffering not at the hands of their peers‚ but by the will of the local religious institution‚ Puritanism. The situations the characters found themselves in

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