According to today’s high standards‚ Puritans appear to have led almost primitive lives. However‚ in that time in history‚ their humble homes were a large part of their daily lives‚ and they were viewed upon as being a gift from God. In her poem‚ Anne Bradstreet describes the importance of her house‚ despite the fact that she chastises herself for yielding to the temptations of vanity and materialism. Religion was‚ for the Puritans‚ first and foremost in their lives. To them‚ religion was centered around
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To my dear and loving husband Anne Bradstreet – Context Anne Bradstreet was born in September 16th‚ 1612 in Northampton‚ England. She was the daughter of Thomas Dudley‚ a steward of the Earl of Lincoln‚ and Dorothy Yorke. Due to her families position she grew up in cultured circumstances and was a well-educated woman for her time‚ being tutored in history‚ several languages and literature. At the age of sixteen she married Simon. Both Anne’s father and husband were later to serve as governors
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In "The Author to Her Book‚" Bradstreet is inundated in indecision and internal struggles over the virtues and shortfalls of her abilities and the book that she produced. As human beings we associate and sympathize with each other through similar experiences. It is difficult to sympathize with someone when you don’t know where they are coming from and don’t know what they are dealing with. Similar experiences and common bonds are what allow us to extend our sincere appreciation and understanding
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期末報告 1. In Anne Bradstreet’s The Flesh and the Spirit‚ what exactly is “living in the flesh” and “living in the spirit”? 2. In Anne Bradstreet’s Before the Birth of One of Her Children‚ what is she afraid of? What concern does she have for her husband? What role does her faith play in this poem? 3. In Anne Bradstreet’s A Letter to Her Husband‚ what images are used in this poem? What does it reveal about the feelings of unity and distance the couple feel? 4. What major distinctions does Crevecoeur
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18 February 2011 Anne Bradstreet: Thoughts towards of her husband To me‚ the poem “A letter to her husband‚ Absent upon Public Employment” is a reflection of the poet’s own self. I think that‚ it is so sweet and forlorn because she misses her husband so much. However‚ from the poem’s title I guess that‚ her husband went for public employment and she wrote a letter for taking a holiday from job. So it is a common scenario of her mind and it is reality. Hence‚ from my point of view‚ it
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Public Employment‚” Anne Bradstreet addresses the importance of her husband’s presence in her life and the emotions she experiences when he is gone at work. Clearly demonstrating education unfamiliar to women in the 1600’s as well as passion not commonly found in her time’s literary works‚ Bradstreet successfully portrays the connection she feels between her and her husband and the consequences of such a connection. Using earthly‚ physical and scientific comparisons‚ Bradstreet shows that her husband
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portrayed the roles of women in their writings. Women were seen only as caregivers of their homes‚ husbands‚ and children in the eighteenth century and earlier. Anne Bradstreet and Abigail Adams were women writers whom played similar roles in the different century they lived in. Women of the seventeenth and eighteenth century were deprived the chance to be more than just a woman. Through Anne Bradstreet’s poem The Prologue and the letters of Abigail Adams‚ readers perceive the roles the women played
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"Here Follow Some Verses.." By: Anne Bradstreet The poem‚ "Here Follow Some Verses‚" is very interesting. Many hardships occured to Anne Bradstreet but she had the courage to get over it by knowing the truth about God. After the burning of her house‚ July 10‚ 1666‚ Bradstreet wrote this poem. It expresses her longing for the house and the possesions that were consumed in the fire. "I blest His name that gave and took.." This means that she thinks that all
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and British Literature. When Pilgrims moved to America‚ they started their own American traditions and cultures‚ one of those was new literature. Some of the examples of literature and authors from this time period are Benjamin Franklin‚ and Anne Bradstreet. We read pieces of both of their literature in class‚ because they both had a great affect on American Literature when it began. What we read in class of Ben Franklin’s writing showed a new concept called rationalism. His ideas were about how
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word‚ Gods work and there aditudes. The main belief of the Puritan’s that was written about in the past is religon‚ and faith in God. They showed there feelings in stories‚ journals‚ and meny other forms. Some of the major Puritan writers are: Anne Bradstreet‚ William Bradford‚ Edward Taylor‚ William Byrd‚ and menny outhers. The author of ’Huswifery’‚ Edward Taylor expreses his feelings in a poem‚ he talks about how he wants the lord to use his body as a spinning wheel to glorify God and his word
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