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Good Room/Bad Room
NEW UNIT- NEW SEATS!
Take out a clean sheet of paper. Title it “Good Room, Bad Room” Notes.
Take EVERYTHING OFF YOUR DESK aside from the paper and something to write with.
Two Columns- Good Room/Bad Room
Where do these symbols/images come
from?
The Puritans
Overview 16th Century
More extreme Protestants within the church of England
Wanted to “purify” their national church by eliminating every shred of Catholic influence.
James 1 (King 1603) Puritans asked to grant reforms-
he said NO way!
Charles 1 (1660): failed attempt to rule without Parliament’s (many Puritan) support; civil war
4 Convictions
Personal salvation was entirely from god
The Bible provided the indispensible guide to life
Church should reflect the express teaching of scripture
That society was one unified whole
English Puritanism
Known at first for their critical attitude regarding religious compromise made during reign of Elizabeth 1.
Encouraged: Direct personal religious experience Sincere moral code Simple worship services
Christianity should be taken as the focus of human existence
ACT OF UNIFORMITY (1662) English Puritans expelled from church; considered non-
conformists
American Puritanism
17th Century Puritan groups separated from the church (among these were the Pilgrims who in 1620 founded Plymouth Colony)
10 years later= first large Puritan migration
Richard Mather and John Cotton- Massachusetts Bay
Mainstream Calvanistic thought: Stressed personal religious experiences as “God’s elect”
Separation from the Church of England
17th Century Emigrated to the new world Founded a holy commonwealth Remained dominant in New England into the
19th century
Strict and Rigid
PuritanCode
Beliefs
Depravity
Unconditional Election; God “saves” those he wishes
Limited atonement: Jesus died for the chosen
Expected to work hard and repress emotions
No tolerance for individual difference
All sins should be punished
God’s Will
Followers of Satan were witches (social outcasts)
DUALITY
Devil was as real as God
Evil versus Good
Dark versus Light
Individualism versus Conformity
Salem Witch Trials
Facts on Salem Trials
Over 150 people (78% women) were accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692.
19 people were hanged (14 women and 5 men), and one man was pressed to death because he would not say whether he was guilty or innocent.
Nobody was burned at Salem, but they did burn “witches” in Europe.
Evidence used against suspected witches to prove they were on the devil’s side: accused of harming animals, making people sick, pinching people as they slept, unladylike behavior (yelling at their husbands in public).
Nathaniel Hawthorne1804-1864 Salem, Mass.
One of Hawthorne’s ancestors were among the judges of Salem Witch Trials (only judge to not repent his actions)
Hawthorne was not a Puritan!!!
He looked with distaste upon “the whole dismal severity of the Puritan code of law”.
Transcendental reformer
He called his stories “moral allegories of the heart”; deep psychological complexity, Puritan influence.
Sources
Puritain Beliefs: http://sunburst.usd.edu/~jdudley/241/basic_puritan_beliefs.htm
Salem Facts: Elizabeth Reis Author of Damned Women: Sinners and Witches in Puritan New England
Henry Warner Bowden
Reminders
HW: CAREFULLY READ “The Young Goodman Brown”; annotate for symbolism
IB conferences
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Homework