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Page 1: Puritanism Kesiya Cherian 1 st period. Literary period.

PuritanismKesiya Cherian

1st period

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Literary period

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Literary period

Puritans had a purpose for their writingTo transform thier god, since he is not

present in this world.Used their writing to make the god more

revelent and also to glorify him.Themes for puritans writings were

Idealism, both religious and political and Pragmaticism, practicality and purposiveness.

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Literary period

Example of puritan writing is the Scarlet letter.

In ther it showed the rules and regulation puritans had for their community.

It described how they were expected to live and lead a life

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Liteary period

Showed the amount of impact church had on thier daily life

Society followed conduct of church, and none over ride their opinions

Puritans defined and employed sympathy in a variety of writings, explicating it from biblical passages and enjoining it on followers as necessary to the godly life

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Religious Elements

Puritanism began early(c.1560) in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I as a movement for religious reform.

Puritans were a group of people who grew discontent in the church of England and worked towards religious, moral and societal reforms.

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Religious Elements

. They also believed that the church of England had become a product struggles and man-made doctrines.

Religious exclusiveness was the foremost principle of their society

their spiritual beliefs that they held were strong

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Religious Elements

Since god was forefront of their minds, he was to motivate all of their actions. This worked both for them and against them .

he common unity strengthened the community and their spiritual bond made them sympathetic to each others needs

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Social Elements

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Social Elements

Puritans had a great impact on their society. Their way of life was strictly based on the puritan values

their government, their daily life was structured based on the church

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Social Elements

They gave church a lot of importanceSalem witch trials broke out, and they

were much against the practice of witch craft

Puritans believed that their religious purity and salvation could be achieved through self –discipline, self-improvement and hard work.

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Social Elements

strong self awareness and led the way for the development of individualism in colonial America

strengthened puritans self awareness to perfect oneself

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Political Elements

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Political Elements

Puritanism layed the foundation for American democracy

Mayflower Compact of 1620 led to the birth of early American democracy

Puritan belief that communities were formed by covenants produced America’s first democratic institution, the town meeting.

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Political Elements

Decisions were made by majority rule.There was no rigid hierarchy in church.An element of American culture, which

shaped the values of American people

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Political Elements

Individualism, egalitarianism, optimism, can find their origin in Puritanism of colonial periods

Contributed a lot to the establishment of American democracy.

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Artistic Elements

People express their faith as art

Use their technology and environment as a medium

Art form was the theater of the pulpit

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Artistic Elements

Puritan architecture was limited by time, the lack of tooling and labor.

Wrote poems to express their daily lifeTalked about their life and daily routine

based on the church

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Artistic Elements

Believed poems shouldnt be for pleasure, but to inform themselves about the values and morals they follow.

Typical skills of an English village being reflected in the building

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Puritan architecture


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