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In 1530, England separated from the Catholic church to reform themselves. In the 1560's, the Puritans arose, wanting to further "purify" the church. In 1620, a group came to the new world, in the New England area, and eventually they founded places such as the Massachusetts Bay area. The Puritans were popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, but faded away after then.

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"Idle hands were the devils playground". A typical day started at dawn, and ended at dusk. It focused around serving God, and attending Church. Family life was important to Puritans, many of which were farmers, and they tended to live longer than those across the water in England. The Puritans often wore dark clothing, signifying a simple life, and lived in mud houses, with "thatched roofs". The females often tended to in house chores, like making or washing clothing, making food, typical of the time period. They could not vote in the Church. Men would vote if chosen by the Church. They would farm, be minister, or have occupations like a "cooper", tanner, hunter, surveyor, or other jobs typical of a male in the time period. Children had chores, and attended schools if the community was large enough. Literacy was high, as parents wanted their children to read the Bible. If you did not sufficiently follow the teachings of God, as the Puritans took them, punishments included hangings, whippings, or dismemberment.

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Puritanism, and the Puritans, has left behind a legacy in many ways, especially in regards to fighting against England as a whole, finding a middle ground in regards to the Protestant Reformation, as well as the literature they left behind.
They rejected Catholicism as well as Protestantism, and wanted to ¨purify¨ the church. Puritanism became popular in the New England colonies, like in Massachusetts Bay. The legacy left behind highlights the resistance to English persecution and how they fled to the new world in search of a sanctuary from religious persecution. The Puritans left behind a negative legacy, still to this day, flooded with negative stereotypes about their practices. The most positive legacy left behind has to be through the many pieces of literature produced, by authors like John Bunyan, Anne Bradstreet, William Bradford, and Edward Taylor. One famous poem is by John Milton, called Paradise Lost.

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Central idea of Upon the Burning of our house

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Central idea of Upon the Burning of our house

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The central idea of Upon the Burning of our house by Anne Bradstreet is the idea of being grateful.  This is shown throughout the text by the tone of the story, making it seem like a very depressing story, which makes you feel sorry.  An example of this is in the 11th through 13th lines "And, when I could no longer look,

I blest His name that gave and took,

That laid my goods now in the dust."  This shows that she lost most of her things and instead of being in sorrow over her lost things,  she is grateful for god and blessed him.  Another piece of evidence is the last 4 lines of the poem "There's wealth enough, I need no more;

Farewell my pelf, farewell my store. (pelf: wealth and worldly goods)

The world no longer let me Love,

My hope and Treasure lies above."

The person in the poem talked about how she doesn't need any more than what she has after the fire because she is accepting the fact that she lost her stuff and instead of being mad at god she's acting  grateful, which is what the puritans believed in.

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There are lots of similes, metaphors and other forms of figurative language used to put an image of what it would be like if you were in a house on fire.(Ornate)
"Let no man know is my desire. I, starting up, the light did spy,

And to my God my heart did cry"

1st person perspective "In silent night when rest I took,

For sorrow near I did not look,

I waken'd was with thund’ring noise

And Piteous shrieks of dreadful voice."

There are plenty of examples of using I in Upon the Burning of our house which means it has to be first person, this makes the poem feel more like real life

The use of Rhyming in Upon the Burning of our House is commonly used to entice the reader into wanting to read more of the poem.
"Then, coming out, beheld a space,

The flame consume my dwelling place."
"The world no longer let me Love,

My hope and Treasure lies above."

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those w casThey made a religious movement within the church of England in an attempt to break away from all the ways of Catholicism.
They believed in total depravity, limited atonement, and Irresistible grace.
They believed that they had made a convenient with god that they were to live by the law of the scriptures and that if they led a pure life that those living in England would turn from there sinful ways and follow them.
In their worship services they would not sing in choirs or use musical instruments as this reflected the Catholic church. They would however sing from Psalms as they deemed it appropriate. Before communion they would send a clergy to homes to test the peoples knowledge to make sure that they were considered worthy. Also in contrast to the catholic church they would kneel and not allow those who had not repented to partake in communion.

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How these writings reflect the Purist Lifestyle and Beliefs

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How these writings reflect the Purist Lifestyle and Beliefs

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The Puritans believed that everything whether good or bad came from God.  They believed that they should always give thanks to God because it was only according to his will that they owned possessions on earth.  With that in mind it makes sense that these people would go through hardships and then rather than get angry, they would praise God for what they still had.  As seen at the end of poem Upon the Burning of our House the narrator states "Thou hast an house on high erect

Framed by that mighty Architect,

With glory richly furnished,

Stands permanent though this be fled."(Bradstreet)  The house is only something that they had had the fortune to have and that it seemed permanent, however, the narrator then goes on to say "The world no longer let me Love,

My hope and Treasure lies above."(Bradstreet).  This refers to how the Puritans believe that their time on Earth is short and that their true fortunes await them in heaven.

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https://www.brighthubeducation.com/history-homework-help/112142-daily-life-of-a-puritan-colonist/

https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/view/10.1093/actrade/9780195334555.001.0001/actrade-9780195334555-chapter-7#:~:text=The%20most%20significant%20contributions%20to,than%20their%20specific%20religious%20beliefs.