Category: Anne Bradstreet
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Challenging Fears and Expectations in Early America: Critical Analysis of The Prologue by Anne Bradstreet
Challenging Fears and Expectations in Early America: Critical Analysis of The Prologue by Anne Bradstreet What have you done recently to conquer your fears? Maybe, stick your hand in a jar of spiders? Personally, mine was blindfolded indoor rock climbing which really helped me challenge my fear of heights. However, not everyone can easily accomplish…
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Thematic Review of Anne Bradstreet’s, Olaudah Equiano’s and Phillis Wheatley’s Works
Thematic Review of Anne Bradstreet’s, Olaudah Equiano’s and Phillis Wheatley’s Works In Wheatley’s ‘On Being Brought From Africa to America’, it seems like she is saying that her voyage from Africa to America is a blessing. She feels that being in America has given her an opportunity to find and love God, and that no…
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The ‘Hysterical’ Author: Tracing the Gendered Mental Landscape
The ‘Hysterical’ Author: Tracing the Gendered Mental Landscape Female authors throughout different historical, cultural and social contexts have written extensively in response to their contemporary/immediate reality and each has addressed the woman question in her way. Although these responses vary in nature, form, and content, a common factor in all of them has been a…
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Analysis of Puritan Thought and Ideology on the Example of Anne Bradstreet’s and Edward Taylor’s Works
Analysis of Puritan Thought and Ideology on the Example of Anne Bradstreet’s and Edward Taylor’s Works Puritans sought reform from the Church of England, due to its likeness to the Roman Catholic Church. They wanted to separate the church to be autonomous. Therefore, to escape persecution from England, they escaped to the new land. Because…
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Anne Bradstreets and Nathaniel Hawthornes Views on the Developing Puritan Society
Anne Bradstreets and Nathaniel Hawthornes Views on the Developing Puritan Society In 1630, the Puritans made their initial voyage to America, they possessed high goals and ideals in the hope that their future settlement at Massachusetts Bay would become a city upon a hill. The utopia settlement envisioned by the Puritans was supposed to serve…
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Thematic Review of Anne Bradstreet’s, Olaudah Equiano’s and Phillis Wheatley’s Works
Thematic Review of Anne Bradstreet’s, Olaudah Equiano’s and Phillis Wheatley’s Works In Wheatley’s ‘On Being Brought From Africa to America’, it seems like she is saying that her voyage from Africa to America is a blessing. She feels that being in America has given her an opportunity to find and love God, and that no…
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The ‘Hysterical’ Author: Tracing the Gendered Mental Landscape
The ‘Hysterical’ Author: Tracing the Gendered Mental Landscape Female authors throughout different historical, cultural and social contexts have written extensively in response to their contemporary/immediate reality and each has addressed the woman question in her way. Although these responses vary in nature, form, and content, a common factor in all of them has been a…
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Analysis of Puritan Thought and Ideology on the Example of Anne Bradstreet’s and Edward Taylor’s Works
Analysis of Puritan Thought and Ideology on the Example of Anne Bradstreet’s and Edward Taylor’s Works Puritans sought reform from the Church of England, due to its likeness to the Roman Catholic Church. They wanted to separate the church to be autonomous. Therefore, to escape persecution from England, they escaped to the new land. Because…
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Anne Bradstreets and Nathaniel Hawthornes Views on the Developing Puritan Society
Anne Bradstreets and Nathaniel Hawthornes Views on the Developing Puritan Society In 1630, the Puritans made their initial voyage to America, they possessed high goals and ideals in the hope that their future settlement at Massachusetts Bay would become a city upon a hill. The utopia settlement envisioned by the Puritans was supposed to serve…
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Critical Analysis of Anne Bradstreet’s Poetry: Verses upon the Burning of our House and To my Dear Grandchild
Critical Analysis of Anne Bradstreet’s Poetry: Verses upon the Burning of our House and To my Dear Grandchild Anne Bradstreem conveyed two important messages in both her poems; Verses upon the burning of our house and To my dear Grandchild. Although she was talking about two different things, one who is a person and…