The Puritans contained a strict and tolerant philosophy. Their well-established philosophy strongly focused on God. Serving God existed as their first responsibility. They considered the Bible as the true law of God that provided guidelines for church government. They constantly kept God and the Devil in mind. Puritans viewed witchcraft as evidence of a person’s spiritual weakness. The Puritan philosophy existed as an enemy toward witchcraft. They condemned anyone who practiced witchcraft.
Furthermore, the Puritan had an extremely strict philosophy. For example, they were killed for celebrating Christmas or even dancing with the opposite sex. Men and women did not have equal rights. By the time, a child reached age 7; he or she held responsibilities for their actions. Even though they maintained strict laws, some of their positive laws benefited women. For example, men could not abuse or speak sharply to their wives. Some of their poems express their philosophies.
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) existed as the first American poet and writer to have their work published. Bradstreet was well educated for her time. This allowed her to express herself through poetry. Bradstreet strongly based her poems on religious themes and philosophies. She wrote personal poems about her thoughts of childbirth and the death of a grandchild.
Anne Bradstreet’s poems highly reflect the Puritan philosophy. In her poem, “Here Follow Some Verses on the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666,” Anne shows her belief in God even though her house is on fire. Passages like “…to my God my heart did cry to strengthen me in my distress and not to leave me succorless” show the reader that even though she dealt with pain at that particular time in her life she still looked to God for help. Puritans prayed and read the Bible daily.
2006-08-29 11:52:42 · 5 answers · asked by Twilight Is Love 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
NEEDED:
TO REMOVE DEAD WORDS
STRENGTH SOME WORDS
AND MORE IDEAS
I REALLY NEED A TITLE I 'VE BEEN THINKING FOR AGES AND CAN'T COME UP WITH ONE
CAN I SEND IT TO YOU TO READ IT BETTER?
2006-08-29 11:53:40 · update #1
OK THIS IS FOR ENGLISH... THE QUESTION WAS HOW IS PURITAN PHILOSOPHY EVEDENT IN BRADEWAYS' POEM? and we had to explain the other stuff........
I JUST NEED HELP GETTING RID OF THE DEAD WORDS AND COMING UP WITH A TITLE
2006-08-29 12:04:13 · update #2
Who are you trying to impress? The biggest problem with your wrtiting is trying to use fancy words when simple ones would work better. Please remove the word "exist" from your writing!
OK, I will edit the first couple of paragraphs. Notice what I have done and try to work on the rest in the same way. (BTW, they were NOT tolerant!) (And I doubt anyone was killed for celebrating Christmas! Check your facts!)
The Puritans had a spiritual philosophy that focused strongly on God. Serving God was their first responsibility. They considered the Bible as the true law of God that provided guidelines for church government. They constantly kept God and the Devil in mind. Puritans viewed witchcraft as evidence of a person’s spiritual weakness. They condemned anyone whom they suspected of practicing witchcraft.
Furthermore, the Puritans had an extremely strict philosophy. For example, they were punished for celebrating Christmas or even dancing with the opposite sex. Men and women did not have equal rights. By the time children reached the age of seven, they were held responsible for their actions. Even though the Puritans maintained strict laws, some of their positive laws benefited women. For example, men could not abuse or speak sharply to their wives.
Some of their poems express their philosophies. (Use this topic sentence to start your paragraph on Bradstreet, and substitute "was" for "existed.")
Hope that helps. Remember, when you say something simply you say it best.
2006-08-29 12:10:05 · answer #1 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let me just say this: you start off with a bunch of facts about Puritans. However, there isn't much continuity between these facts; you just give them to us in machine-gun like fashion. Then, to complicate things more, you suddenly introduce us to Bradstreet. You should begin your paper by letting us know you're mainly talking about Bradstreet, and not Puritanism in general.
2006-08-29 12:01:19 · answer #2 · answered by angrysandwichguy1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good verbs! Work on the last 2 sentences of your first paragraph. "An enemy toward witchcraft" is awkward. You don't need a comma after "By the time" in paragraph 2; however, you DO need a comma INSTEAD OF a semi colon after "age 7." Make sure you cite your Bradstreet quote by giving her name and page number of the poem in parentheses. Try to add a little of your own "voice" to this. It sounds very bland and dry as is.
Good luck on this...writing is a process.
2006-08-29 12:06:31 · answer #3 · answered by Left-Handed Lady 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-06 01:31:06 · answer #4 · answered by mcthay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-29 11:55:52 · answer #5 · answered by Country Girl for Life 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋