LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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her future house here on earth
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her future house in heaven
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her neighbor’s house on the hill, which she will buy
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the memory of her old house
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bradstreet also sees the burning of her house as a blessing rather than a loss, which demonstrates utmost selflessness. For example, while she is talking about her blessings she will have in heaven, “Thou hast a house on high erect” (43). This means she knows that god will have a nice house in heaven for her.
Detailed explanation-2: -She describes the true home that awaits her in the sky. It is a “house on high erect, ” made by God himself. He has “richly furnished” it in preparation for the day the speaker passes away.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bradstreet feels guilty that she is hurt from losing earthly possessions. It is against her belief that she should feel this way; showing she is a sinner. Her deep puritan beliefs brought her to accept that the loss of material was a spiritually necessary occurrence.
Detailed explanation-4: -material objects are ultimately God’s and not hers. When Bradstreet writes, “Thou hast an house on high erect . . .” she means that-God has prepared an eternal dwelling place for all believers.