more religious society then the Chesapeake region. John Winthrop states that their goal was to form "a city upon a hill"‚ which represented a "pure" community‚ where Christianity would be pursued in the most correct manner. Both the Pilgrims and the Puritans were very religious people. In both cases‚ the local government was controlled by the same people who controlled the church‚ and the bible was the basis for all laws and regulations. From the Article of Agreement‚ Springfield‚ Massachusetts it is
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Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Judge Danforth from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible were bound to suffer from the Puritan values which they believed in during the Puritan era. After thoroughly analyzing both Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ it is evident that Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and Judge Danforth were notably victimized by the Puritan ethics of body politic and the statute of God as the law. Even though Dimmesdale and Danforth held different powers
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people. This division will only lead to the downfall of America. A solution to the growing divide in America is to revert back to Puritan ideas because the Puritans believed that to be successful the people must work together as one. The Puritans believe‚ to be successful you need one single community‚ but the recent election in America has gone against this puritan belief and has caused the people to become divided. The Democratic candidate‚ Hillary Clinton won about 62.5 million votes from the
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needlework is in great demand‚ many high officials including the governor want to clothe from Hester. Hester now makes items of clothing for the Puritan men and women to wear at all ceremonies excluding weddings. At this point‚ Hester was still a social outcast‚ however‚ she was demonstrating her astonishing ability with
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austere beliefs toward Arminianism theology‚ the tolerance toward the Puritans was greatly reduced. Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan wife‚ mid-wife and mother of fifteen children. She migrated to the ‘New world’ in the 1630’s as part of the ‘Great Migration.’ Anne Hutchinson was a learned‚ intelligent and a pious woman. She and her husband remained in England until 1634 and managed to attend church‚ in spite of the trouble toward Puritans‚ held by Rev. John Wheelwright and Rev. John Cotton. The reader states
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views on the aims of the Puritans coming to New England. During the early 17th century in Europe‚ some groups separated from the Church of England. These groups were known as the Pilgrims‚ who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. This religion had a direct impact on religious ideas and culture in America. John Winthrop acquired a royal charter from King Charles I and created the Massachusetts Bay Colony. “City Upon a Hill” was written on the ship during the first mass Puritan migration to New England
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anything. Scaffold and the pillory symbolises the rigid puritan rules‚ public humiliation and also a means of redemption. The forest surrounding the village is associated with evil activities. Also the forest is a place of freedom where Hester and Dimmesdale can express their love and plan escape from the puritan society .The scarlet letter A appears in various forms and acquiring various meanings in the course of the novel. Initially to the puritans‚ it symbolises adultery and punishment. But seeing
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17th Century Massachusetts and the Salem Witch Trials In January of 1692‚ the daughter and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris became ill‚ and when the children’s health did not improve‚ the village doctor William Griggs was called in to help. He swiftly diagnosed the girls with bewitchment and the famous witch trials of Salem took off. Salem had recently had an epidemic of Small Pox and had always had a strong belief in the Devil. These two factors added with the constant fear of attack from warring
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Massachusetts of 1692‚ their community is set as a theocratic society‚ where the church and the state come as one. Moral laws and state laws are also combined as one. Everyone is expected to live up to the established social norms. Any individual within the Puritan community whose private lives doesn’t conform to the moral laws established by the government is represented as a threat to the community and to the rule of God and true religion. In Salem‚ everything and everyone belongs to either God or the devil
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and The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ readers see the effect of the Puritan faith on guilt. Strong‚ as well as weak‚ characters face guilt in each book. Abigail and Dimmesdale take a coward’s way out‚ while Hester and Proctor wrestle with their guilt. By upholding the strictures of Puritanism‚ Reverends Wilson and Paris intensify guilt and demonstrate the cruelty of their religion. The harshness of Puritan culture reveals itself through guilt. The weight of remorse is crushing; those
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