Tag Archives: Puritans

What are the key elements of her case being made in this writing, and how does she craft her voice to meet the expectations of her middle-class audience, an audience that was growing in size during the 1860s?

Nathaniel Hawthorne was a descendant of the Puritans, and in many of his works, we see Hawthorne discuss and debate the world of the Puritans in ways that seem to challenge the strict tenets of the faith. One often-cited example is his 1832 story “Young Goodman Brown.” Read this story and decide: is Hawthorne creating […]

What did being indentured mean to those who settled in Virginia and the southern colonies, versus those who came as indentured and settled in the northern colonies?

Part One: Two of the following three essay choices will be submitted via email. Several rules govern your essay writing. First, if you quote or paraphrase readings or lectures, make sure to provide a simple source citation within the text of your writing. You are expected to use the testimonies from the assigned website readings […]