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Like Ellen, I also really liked Anne Bradstreet's "A Spiritual Autobiography." I compared it to her poem, "A Letter to Her Husband", in which she seems very happy and sincere. In her other work, it is very obvious that her religion plays a big role in her life. This is why I think it is interesting that religion does not really come up in her poem to her husband. The fact that Bradstreet has to "keep reminding herself of her beliefs" gives the reader the notion that she may have some doubts/worries as to whether or not she will be saved. --Catherine Kennedy | Like Ellen, I also really liked Anne Bradstreet's "A Spiritual Autobiography." I compared it to her poem, "A Letter to Her Husband", in which she seems very happy and sincere. In her other work, it is very obvious that her religion plays a big role in her life. This is why I think it is interesting that religion does not really come up in her poem to her husband. The fact that Bradstreet has to "keep reminding herself of her beliefs" gives the reader the notion that she may have some doubts/worries as to whether or not she will be saved. --Catherine Kennedy | ||
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| + | I found Bradstreet's "Spiritual Autobiography" very interesting, particularly in light of my examination of her poems the "Epitaphs" for my individual project. In "Epitaphs," Bradstreet discusses her mother's and father's spiritualities, describing each of them as pious and generally portraying their piety as something that lightened their personal burdens and improved their lives. In her "Spiritual Autobiography," on the other hand, Bradstreet discusses her religion as being much less one-dimensionally positive for her; she is open regarding her conflicts with religion. In fact, she candidly states that she had "not found that constant Joy..which I supposed most of the servants of God have." (101) She's also frank about the fact that she has not always been confident in her faith in God--but, she contends, "the consideration of these things... would soon turn me to my own Religious again." (102) I was at first surprised by Bradstreet's candidness, but in the end I think describing her troubles with religion and her return to God after every supposed test of her faith was almost a way of affirming her relationship with God as being real and deeply meaningful. --Nicole | ||
== Anne Hutchinson’s trial, 1637 == | == Anne Hutchinson’s trial, 1637 == | ||
