Good Room/Bad Room

Take out a clean sheet of paper. Title it “Good Room, Bad Room” Notes.

Take EVERYTHING OFF YOUR DESK aside from the paper and something to write with.

Two Columns- Good Room/Bad Room

Where do these symbols/images come

from?

The Puritans

Overview

16th Century More extreme Protestants within

the church of England Wanted to “purify” their national

church by eliminating every shred of Catholic influence.

James 1 (King 1603) Puritans asked to grant reforms-

he said NO way! Charles 1 (1660): failed attempt

to rule without Parliament; civil war

4 Convictions Personal salvation was entirely

from god The Bible provided the

indispensible guide to life Church should reflect the

express teaching of scripture That society was one unified

whole

English Puritanism

Known at first for their critical attitude regarding religious compromise made during reign of Elizabeth 1.

Encouraged: Direct personal religious experience Sincere moral code Simple worship services

Christianity should be taken as the focus of human existence

ACT OF UNIFORMITY (1662) English Puritans expelled from church; considered non-

conformists

American Puritanism

17th Century Puritan groups separated from the church (among these were the Pilgrims who in 1620 founded Plymouth Colony)

10 years later= first large Puritan migration Richard Mather and John Cotton-

Massachusetts Bay Mainstream Calvanistic thought: Stressed

personal religious experiences as “God’s elect”

Separation from the Church of England

17th Century Emigrated to the new world Founded a holy commonwealth Remained dominant in New England into the

19th century

Strict and Rigid

PuritanCode

Beliefs Depravity Unconditional Election; God “saves” those he

wishes Limited atonement: Jesus died for the chosen Expected to work hard and repress emotions No tolerance for individual difference All sins should be punished God’s Will Followers of Satan were witches (social outcasts)

DUALITY

Devil was as real as God Evil versus Good Dark versus Light Individualism versus Conformity

Salem Witch Trials

Facts on Salem Trials Over 150 people (78% women) were accused of

witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. 19 people were hanged (14 women and 5 men), and

one man was pressed to death because he would not say whether he was guilty or innocent.

Nobody was burned at Salem, but they did burn “witches” in Europe.

Evidence used against suspected witches to prove they were on the devil’s side: accused of harming animals, making people sick, pinching people as they slept, unladylike behavior (yelling at their husbands in public).

Nathaniel Hawthorne1804-1864 Salem, Mass.

One of Hawthorne’s ancestors were among the judges of Salem Witch Trials (only judge to not repent his actions)

Hawthorne was not a Puritan!!! He looked with distaste upon “the

whole dismal severity of the Puritan code of law”.

Transcendental reformer He called his stories “moral allegories

of the heart”; deep psychological complexity, Puritan influence.

Sources

Puritain Beliefs: http://sunburst.usd.edu/~jdudley/241/basic_puritan_beliefs.htm

Salem Facts: Elizabeth Reis Author of Damned Women: Sinners and Witches in Puritan New England

Henry Warner Bowden

Reminders

HW: CAREFULLY READ “The Young Goodman Brown”

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