LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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her disgust at cooking bear meat
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the trip along the river
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her captors’ march from the English army
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the grief she feels after her daughter dies and the frustration at not being allowed to visit her other daughter
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a Puritan, Rowlandson believes that God’s grace and providence shape the events of the world. She and other Puritans also believe that God arranges things for a purpose. Throughout her narrative, Rowlandson argues that humans have no choice but to accept God’s will and attempt to make sense of it.
Detailed explanation-2: -It is not clear to what extent this story is history, myth, propaganda, and/or truth. However, it does seem clear that Rowlandson understood her purpose in writing the narrative: to express the possibility of redemption with faith in God and his wisdom.
Detailed explanation-3: -Use examples from the narrative to support your answer. Rowlandson views her captors as having been kind to her. She says, “not one of them offered the least imaginable miscarriage to me.” Near the end of her narrative she says, “not one of them ever offered the least abuse or unchastity to me in word or action."
Detailed explanation-4: -What is the historical significance of Rowlandson’s The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson? It was the first captivity narrative in Puritan literature.