Describe some of the central principles of Puritan ideology and illustrate their significance in specific literary works.

Requirements: 4-6 pages (at least 4 full pages) (dont make too fancy)

4-5 sources (primary-norton and secondary-online)

MLA format (with in text citations and a works cited page)

Use specific authors with references to their works for support plus other outside sources from peer reviewed databases (The Literature Resource Center is a good place to start).

Describe some of the central principles of Puritan ideology and illustrate their significance in specific literary works.

Discuss the reoccurring ideas of suffering and redemption in Puritan and early colonial literature.

Use quotes from passages in the Norton Anthology of American Literature)

some authors and passages are;
William Bradford, of Plymouth Plantation 122-127

Anne Bradstreet- The poem- The flesh and the spirit (222-225). The poem- Before the Birth of one of her children 225-226. the poem- To my dear and loving husband (226). The poem- Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666 (232). The poem- As Weary Pilgrim (233-234). and the passage To my dear children (235-238)

Michael Wigglesworth. the poems from “The Day of doom” (239-255)

Cotton Mathers-“From the wonders of the visible world” (328-329)