ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Puritans saw hard work as a means of proving that they were among the elect whom God had predestined for salvation; their productivity would signal their election. Still, their religion also restrained them from working all the time. In the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Sunday was a day of mandatory rest, enforced by law.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Puritans honored material success; wealth was considered to be the reward of a virtuous life. They valued family life, community, service, art and literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Puritans were members of a religious reform movement known as Puritanism that arose within the Church of England in the late 16th century. They believed the Church of England was too similar to the Roman Catholic Church and should eliminate ceremonies and practices not rooted in the Bible.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Puritan view of work attaches additional religious significance to hard work, efficiency, and thrift. The Puritan (or Protestant) ethic envisions work as a symptom of salvation, and a person with poor work ethic is sinful.