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Thinking back to history classes and Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” what characteristics influence Puritan life?› List a few facets and give a brief

description.

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American Literary Time Periods What is The Puritan Movement? Ann Bradstreet

› “To My Dear and Loving Husband”

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Forms of writing: › Histories › Diaries › Chronicles › Poetry› Sermons

Explanation of biblical quotation Interpretation Application to the life of the Puritans

Poetry: Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672) Michael Wigglesworth (1631 – 1705) Edward Taylor (1645 – 1729)  

Diaries/Chronicles/Histories: William Bradford (1590 – 1657) John Winthrop (1588 – 1649) Cotton Mather (1663 – 1728) Edward Johnson (1598 – 1672) Mary Rowlandson (c.1636 – c.1678)

Sermons: Jonathan Edwards (1703 – 1758)

1620 -  Mayflower, Puritans found Plymouth Plantation

1630 -  arrival of Arbella             Massachusetts Bay Colony founded 1636 -  Harvard University founded near Boston 1650 -  Bradstreet, Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up

In America 1662 -  Wigglesworth,  The Day of Doom 1704 -   first newspaper ~> in Boston 1741 -  Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an

Angry God” 1741-61 – The Great Awakening

Puritan influence on American Values: › Urge to succeed and exceed › Belief that hard work necessary for

happiness › Conviction that Americans are the chosen

people › God’s heavy influence on everyday life

Biography “To My Dear and Loving Husband”

(1678)› Page 96

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Reactions? Responses? Thoughts?› The Puritan Movement involves simple,

easy to understand language to communicate ideas effectively.

1.) What is your image of Anne Bradstreet after reading this poem? Does she fit your concept of a Puritan? Explain.

2.) Note where Bradstreet uses repetition in the first stanza. How does her use of repetition suggest a growing emotional intensity?

› Apply the use of repetition for the NYS Regents.

3.) What is the apparent contradiction in the last two lines? What does the last stanza reveal about Puritan beliefs in the afterlife?

4.) Do you think personal devotion is as much esteemed today as it was in Bradstreet’s day? Support your answer.

Tomorrow we will being reading “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” (1741)› A sermon by Jonathan Edwards