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Puritan America. A Collision of Cultures. Collisions were caused by three things: Disease that Native Americans had no immunity to Superior fire power of the settlers Differences in the concept of land ownership. Name four key features of Puritan Style. Plain clothes Plain churches - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Puritan America
A Collision of CulturesCollisions were caused by three
things:Disease that Native Americans
had no immunity toSuperior fire power of the settlersDifferences in the concept of land
ownership
Name four key features of Puritan StylePlain clothesPlain churchesPlain writing
A belief in a God-given responsibility to create a perfect world in the New World
Puritans reacted againstThe Anglican Church (Church of
England)
Surviving SlaveryWhen were slaves first brought to
Virginia?1619What was the Middle Passage?The slave traders route from
West Africa to New England. The voyage was brutal and many Africans died.
Puritan ideasIf a Puritan heard a story about
an unkind and immoral person who met with a terrible end, he or she would most likely think that :
God was punishing the immoral person
The Great AwakeningWhat? A religious revival that
emphasized a personal relationship with God.
When? 1730-1750What was “the elect”?
Jonathan EdwardsDates of life?1703-1758How old was Jonathan Edwards when
he went to college?What was different about Jonathan
Edwards’s idea of how to achieve salvation?
Personal relationship with God
Define:Imagery:A “picture in the writer’s head”;
imagery builds a picture by appealing to any of the five senses.
Allusion: A reference to a well-known character, event, or work in another such work.
Metaphor: a comparison of two unlike things that does not use like or as.
Literary DevicesSimile: a comparison of two unlike things
that does use like or as.Biblical Tone: using words and phrases
commonly found in the King James version of the Holy Bible.
Literary Device id:God . . . holds
you over the pit of hell much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect, over the fire . . .
SimileMetaphorImageryBiblical tonePersonificationallusion
Literary Device id:“The road was a
ribbon of moonlight”
From “The Highway Man”
SimileMetaphorImageryBiblical tonePersonificationallusion
Literary Device id:It’s no wonder
everyone refers to Mary as another Mother Teresa in the making; she loves to help and care after people everywhere- from the streets to her own friends.
SimileMetaphorImageryBiblical tonePersonificationallusion
Literary Device id:“The river
gripped the raft and flung it away”
SimileMetaphorImageryBiblical tonePersonificationallusion
Literary Device id:“Therefore let
everyone that is out of Christ now awake and fly from the wrath to come . . .”
SimileMetaphorImageryBiblical tonePersonificationallusion
Anne Bradstreet—life facts8 childrenMarried at 16Went to colonies at 18Hated the colonies at first, but
then adjusted.
Name Anne Bradstreet’s first book:The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up
in AmericaSecond Book:Several Poems Compiled with
Great Variety of Wit and Learning
How did Anne Bradstreet’s style change?First, imitative Then, warm and
natural
What does this line mean?Thou hast a house on high erectFramed by that mighty architectWith glory richly furnishedStands permanent though this be
fled
Poetry I have a spiritual home in heavenBuilt by GodThat has everything I needAnd will last forever unlike the
one that burned
What does it mean?Thy love is such I can no way
repay,The heavens reward the
manifold, I pray.
I cannot give you as much as your love deserves; I hope that God will reward you.
How did Anne Bradstreet’s feelings about the fire change?First, she felt very sorry for
herself, but then she accepted the fire as God’s will and realized material possessions were not so important.
In the final line, where does the speaker say her “hope and treasure” are?
Above, or in heaven. She values her spiritual life more than her physical possessions.
Anne Bradstreet5. What
contradiction is in the last line?
They will die but live forever.
What does this line mean?
They will live forever in heaven.
6. What effect does AB’s frequent references to her faith have on the poem?
They make her experience universal; it has greater meaning than a personal tragedy.
Lit Book VocabularyAppease:To bring to a
state of peace or quiet; to soothe.
Abate:To lessen or
reduce in force or intensity.
Lit book vocabularyPrudence:Exercise of good
and cautious judgment
Abhor:To regard with
disgust.
Abominable:Disgusting;
detestable
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