Essays Tagged: "puritans"

Contradictions in the Puritan Religion

gionLife is full of many contradictions, and the basis of the Puritan religion is no exception. The Puritans believed that they were God's chosen people, as mentioned in the Bible. They saw themselves ... s on a level above the average man, but in reality, their religion was full of inconsistencies. The Puritans believed in something known as the 'Doctrine of Elect,' hinted at in Romans 8:28-30, 9:6-24 ...

(3 pages) 94 0 3.6 Apr/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

"The Scarlet Letter"

gnified. However, internally, she feels great agony, for she was scorned and mocked by the accusing Puritans. She finally arrives at the scaffold, displaying the two results of her adultery; the scarl ...

(2 pages) 39 0 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Film term paper. About apocalypse Now

er more about our true selves, often causing perceivedmadness by those who have yet to discover.The Puritans left Europe in hopes of finding a new world to welcome them andtheir beliefs. What they fou ... ew world, loaded with Indiancultures new to them. This overwhelming cultural interaction caused somePuritans to go mad and try to purge themselves of a perceived evil. Thiscame to be known as the Sale ...

(14 pages) 253 0 3.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Was the Civil War Inevitable?

ether. The people of New England, left England mainly for religious reasons. The people were called Puritans. The Puritan were very educated and they based their ways of living by their religious beli ... The Puritan were very educated and they based their ways of living by their religious beliefs. The Puritans felt the only way they could protect their congregation was to move to America ( Faragher 4 ...

(4 pages) 456 4 3.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Characteristic of Mistriss Hibbons in "The Scarlet Letter" by Nahaniel Hawthorne

s evil in the novel. She was accused of being a witch. This is a very evil thing in the eyes of the Puritans. Mistriss Hibbins can also be said to be evil simply because she is always in the forest, w ...

(3 pages) 32 0 5.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Effects and Implications of Sin in the Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne

Sin is the transgression of a moral code designated by either society or the transgressor. The Puritans of Boston in the novel, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, establish a rigid moral ... n, inducing a physical separation from the townspeople. Because of this seclusion from society, the Puritans regard her with much curiosity and suspicion: "Children...would creep nigh enough to behold ...

(3 pages) 52 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hester, What a Change! Refers to character in Hawthorne's "Scarlet letter".

Hester, What a Change!The Puritans came from England in the sixteen hundreds to break free from the laws and regulations made ... y the king of England. In the new world, they were able to practice their own form of religion. The Puritans believed in God and His laws. 'A Young Puritan's Code' was 'Being sensible, that I am unabl ... s are in the hands of a angry God.Many years later Nathaniel Hawthorn was greatly interested by the Puritans. This 19th-century American novelist, was born on July 4, in Salem, Massachusetts, and died ...

(4 pages) 58 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Christian Influence. Puritan influence on Native Americans in history with William Apess as prime example. No Work Cited page is included; has in-text citations and is written in MLA format.

ristian InfluenceThe writings of Native American authors were influenced greatly by the Christians, Puritans in particular, long after their initial arrival in the 17th century. The original definitio ... of Puritanism was "those who strove for a worship purified from all taint of popery" (Burton). The Puritans greatly stressed the "serving [of] God in spirit and in truth" ? by feeling and conduct rat ...

(4 pages) 153 2 4.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

A Comparison Contrast Essay on Perceptions of the Supernatural in lives of Mary Rowlandson and Benjamin Franklin

ligion was a vital part of life in colonial America.A shift from theism to deism was occurring. The Puritans ofthis time were fleeing the Church of England. Their hope wasto return to the more primiti ...

(3 pages) 115 0 4.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Examination of Puritan Philosophy in William Bradford's "On Plymouth Plantation"

ished the Plymouth Colony in 1620, in what is now Massachusetts. The colony was a reflection of the Puritans' beliefs. These beliefs, along with the experience of establishing a colony in 'the middle ... both church and state, implying that John Howland was one of the so called 'Puritan Saints'. To the Puritans, Saints were people whom God was to save, so these people received God's blessings, and the ...

(7 pages) 231 2 4.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Essay on "The Scarlet Letter" by Hawthorne

is; it gives her roots, character, and a uniqueness to her being that sets her apart from the other Puritans. The scarlet letter is indeed a blessing to Hester Prynne, more than the curse she believes ... voting this lifetime to repentance and expiation, she would receive relief in her next life. To the Puritans she is shamed, yet to the heavens she is honored as a repentant sinner who has returned to ...

(5 pages) 147 1 4.4 Oct/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Sinful Acts in Fire from Heaven",by underdown, " Much Ado About Nothing", by Shakespeare, and "The Flea" by John Donne

e in this time period, but his work was a work of history and his ideas coincided with those of the Puritans. He uses these ideas to take a position on the Puritan's side and to better explain the goo ... ke a position on the Puritan's side and to better explain the good they were trying to achieve. The Puritans of Dorchester as we have learned about our reading, were a very religious group who wanted ...

(6 pages) 54 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Puritan Society in N. Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Puritan society as a whole with critical eyes. Consequently, both open and subtle criticism of the Puritans' practices is applied throughout the novel.Hawthorne's comments have to be regarded in the ... ic confession is believed to take some of the burden of this sin off him.The initial reason for the Puritans to leave their homes was the treatment they had to suffer from in their native England. The ...

(6 pages) 117 0 4.3 Apr/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Evil of Fear in "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller

caught dancing in the forest. Instead as mere children playing, this behavior is viewed upon by the Puritans as the work of the devil. As the hysteria builds momentum, more and more accusations radiat ...

(2 pages) 45 0 4.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

The Massachusetts Bay Colony

ople started to migrate to the newworld. Some of these people who moved to the new world werecalled puritans.Around 1629, the King of England, Charles I granted a charter to the'Governor and company o ... he Massachusetts Bay in New England.'These were a group of rich investors which included influentialpuritans. This charter authorized trade in the colony and gave themthe right to settle in the area b ...

(3 pages) 82 0 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Examples of Genocide. Speaks of The Catholics in Northern Irland, the Armenians, and the extermination of the newly born female infants in China

e time and one group of people.The Catholics in Ireland were being threatened and eliminated by the Puritans. The typical Irish lifestyle came to an abrupt halt during the sixteenth and seventeenth ce ... wis 9). In 1649, Oliver Cromwell, leader of the Parliamentarians in the English Civil war, lead the Puritans into a bloodbath against the Catholics (Lewis 9). 'He did it brutally, massacring the Irish ...

(3 pages) 63 0 3.8 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Absolutism in the English society in the seventeenth century

tuation in England had many problems. One of these was opposition to the Church of England from the Puritans, Calvinists, and the Roman Catholics. After the execution of Charles I, Cromwell governed E ... d Anglicans. The Roundheads were the troops of Parliament, who were members of the middle class and Puritans. The Cavaliers were defeated, and Charles I was convicted of treason and beheaded in 1649. ...

(10 pages) 134 0 3.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Essay talking about the time pierod of the Puritans realting to American literature. How the time influences American writing and writers of the Puritan age

he ways of the Church of England, so they traveled to new lands in search of religious freedom. The Puritans believed that they should not act, dress or be at all extreme because they would be taking ... dress or be at all extreme because they would be taking away from the glory of God. Everything the Puritans did was basic and simple, from the clothes they wore to the food they ate. The Puritan mind ...

(3 pages) 155 0 3.9 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Scarlet Letter. Christian based term paper. Excellent coverage of many different topics. Includes quotes.

anscendental optimists on theological reasons. His works often defend and attack the beliefs of the Puritans. In The Scarlet Letter, he presents the chronicle of a woman in a Puritan town who is brand ... tion to the story. It gives the reader a small amount of background of the town of Salem and of the Puritans. This also allows Hawthorne to present his real views on everything through the eyes of an ...

(13 pages) 127 0 4.8 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

This essey describes the differences between northern and southern colonies.

gain were of a communal nature, in how they are binding together for the good of the community. The puritans believed everyone had a specific duty in life, something that one was proficient at.The Nor ...

(2 pages) 88 1 3.3 Jun/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays