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Anne Bradstreet And Edwards Compare And Contrast

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Through the fiery depths of Anne Bradstreet’s burning home and the intensity of god’s hands from Jonathan Edwards. The Puritanism way is highly respected. Throughout Anne Bradstreet’s poem from 1612-1672 she talks about her life and how her house is suddenly burning down. As her mind tosses around she starts to explain things about her life to herself. She realizes the positive things in life. She wants to make it known that god is good to her and no matter what she will always have a home and that being a Puritan means that god is there for her. Anne Bradstreet is very similar to Jonathan Edwards because as he writes he talks about how being a Puritan will save you and that not following god is the wrong choice because by following god you are safe and that god is so powerful that if you do anything wrong by him you shall be punished. These stories are similar but also different in many ways. …show more content…

They both talk about how great he is and how powerful he is. They both strongly believe in what the powerful god is capable of. Both Bradstreet and Edwards have similar writing styles and are strong believers of what people should do and shouldn’t do. As Bradstreet’s house is burning she expresses how she feels. As she thinks about what is happening she talks about it, when she feels like she is being selfish she tells herself to remember that no matter what she will always have a home and that she shouldn’t think that way because even without her home she’s at least still alive and that eventually she will get everything back. As for Edwards he expresses that god’s hands are like fire because how powerful he is. God is perfect and although he is perfect he can still get angry with people that make poor choices. He wants to encourage other Puritans to do what is right because god can punish for anything that is wrong. Both describe the power of

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