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EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE Who were they A group of Protestants who sought to purify the Church of England Pur itan Pur ify Not very popular in England Imprisoned tortured killed etc ID: 582370

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THE PURITANS

EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURESlide2

Who were they?

A group of Protestants who sought to purify the Church of England

Pur

itan ---

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ify

Not very popular in England

Imprisoned, tortured, killed, etc.

The “New World” became a safe havenSlide3

Basic Puritan Beliefs

Original Sin

Everyone was born sinful because of Adam and Eve’s fall.

God’s will is all.

Guides and controls the universeSlide4

Basic Puritan Beliefs

The

Bible is all you need

.

Look there for laws, guidance, answers, etc.

Religion is PERSONAL.

Different from other churches

You don’t need a priest.

Examine yourself to detect God’s presence and grace.Slide5

Basic Puritan Beliefs

Covenant

Promise or deal

Some Biblical examples

Noah and the Ark

Moses and the 10 Commandments

God makes covenants with his people

People have to hold up their end of the dealSlide6

Basic Puritan Beliefs

Salvation

General Definition: After

death, your soul will be saved from hell and sent to heaven.

Predestination

Elect

Only

a few people will be saved.

God knows before birth who those few are.

God already knows where you will end up…but you don’t!Slide7

Puritan Behavior

Inner arrival of God’s grace demonstrated by outward behavior

Act like you are saved, even if you’re not sure.

Consequently, Puritans valued…

Self-reliance

Industriousness

Temperance

SimplicitySlide8

Puritan Views

Cyclical, repetitive history

What has happened before will happen again.

History’s base is the Bible.

They thought they were God’s chosen people.

Repeated cycle:

God saved the Israelites from oppression in Egypt.

God saved the Puritans from oppression in England.Slide9

Puritan Life

Life is a pilgrimage to salvation.

Read your own life very closely and monitor your actions.

Are you behaving like a good Christian, like someone who is saved?

Writing is highly introspective and purposefulSlide10

More on the Bible

The Bible was seen as the literal word of God.

Everyone had to read it.

This led to education.

Harvard was the first college established in the colonies.

For educating ministersSlide11

Women’s Roles

Daughters

Wives

Mothers

Maintain the home

Have and raise children

Rely on man (father or husband) for everythingSlide12

Salem Witch Trials

1691-1692

Salem, MA

Started with the daughter and niece of Rev. Samuel Parris

Betty and Abigail

The girls became ill

Lesions, seizures, fainting

Doctor diagnosed witchcraft as causeSlide13

Salem Witch Trials

Girls blamed two unpopular townswomen and a slave for “witching” them

Touched off a wildfire of accusations

If accused, one had two choices:

Confess and repent

Die

Nineteen people were hanged.

One person was crushed to death under stones.Slide14

Salem Witch Trials: Why?

Shared delusion?

Repressive society finally burst?

Greed?

Fear of nonconformists?

Most of the “witches” were unmarried women.

Sometimes women with special knowledge

Sometimes women who could potentially inheritSlide15

Work Cited

Arpin, Gary.

Elements of Literature, 5

th

Course: Essentials of American Literature

. Eds. Kylene Beers and Lee O’Dell. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007. 6-19.