Contemplations And William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation
Mid Term Essay Exam
Section I: Literature through 1700
In both the poem "Contemplations" by Anne Bradstreet and William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, nature is a main subject. Both poems are interested in nature's role in people's (especially Christian's) lives, whether it be negative or positive. The question that comes to mind is nature a chaotic wilderness, the physical evidence of Satan's meddling, or is it the marvelous examples of the works of God? Bradford believed very firmly that is the former. "The traditional Puritan view of nature (which the Separatists shared as well) was very negative. Bradford did not view nature through a romantic lens, but rather he saw it as evidence of Satan at work in the world." He believed that as Satan would "sow errours, …show more content…
He invited them to assemble at Buffalo Creek, New York. Through an interpreter, his address developed the assertion that, in Cram’s words, “There is but one religion, and but one way to serve God, and it you do not embrace the right way, you cannot be happy hereafter.” After appropriate consultation with others of the Seneca delegation, Red Jacket delivered the speech outlining what has been called a “separatist” position-quite simply, the notion that while the ways of white Christians may be fine for them, they are not necessarily equally fine for non-white indigenous peoples who have their own religious beliefs. Present at Red Jacket’s speech was Erastus Granger, postmaster and Indian agent at Buffalo Creek and cousin to Gideon Granger, Thomas Jefferson’s postmaster. His immediate subordinate was Joseph Parish, who probably served as a translator, as he had done on other occasions. Whoever transcribed the translation of Red Jacket’s speech, it soon appeared in print, in the April 1809 issue of the Monthly Anthology, And was reprinted many times throughout the nineteenth
Section I: Literature through 1700
In both the poem "Contemplations" by Anne Bradstreet and William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, nature is a main subject. Both poems are interested in nature's role in people's (especially Christian's) lives, whether it be negative or positive. The question that comes to mind is nature a chaotic wilderness, the physical evidence of Satan's meddling, or is it the marvelous examples of the works of God? Bradford believed very firmly that is the former. "The traditional Puritan view of nature (which the Separatists shared as well) was very negative. Bradford did not view nature through a romantic lens, but rather he saw it as evidence of Satan at work in the world." He believed that as Satan would "sow errours, …show more content…
He invited them to assemble at Buffalo Creek, New York. Through an interpreter, his address developed the assertion that, in Cram’s words, “There is but one religion, and but one way to serve God, and it you do not embrace the right way, you cannot be happy hereafter.” After appropriate consultation with others of the Seneca delegation, Red Jacket delivered the speech outlining what has been called a “separatist” position-quite simply, the notion that while the ways of white Christians may be fine for them, they are not necessarily equally fine for non-white indigenous peoples who have their own religious beliefs. Present at Red Jacket’s speech was Erastus Granger, postmaster and Indian agent at Buffalo Creek and cousin to Gideon Granger, Thomas Jefferson’s postmaster. His immediate subordinate was Joseph Parish, who probably served as a translator, as he had done on other occasions. Whoever transcribed the translation of Red Jacket’s speech, it soon appeared in print, in the April 1809 issue of the Monthly Anthology, And was reprinted many times throughout the nineteenth