Examination Of Puritan Philosophy In Bradford's "On Plymouth Plantation"
The Puritan people first came to the New World to escape the
religious persecution that hounded Non-Anglicans in England. They
established the Plymouth Colony in 1620, in what is now Massachusetts. The
colony was a reflection of the Puritans' beliefs. These beliefs, along
with the experience of establishing a colony in "the middle of nowhere",
affected the writings of all who were involved with the colony. In this
writing, the Puritan philosophy behind William Bradford's "Of Plymouth
Plantation" will be revealed. Some factors that will be considered
include: how Puritan beliefs affect William Bradford's interpretation of
events, the representation of Puritan theology in the above ...
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they came to their
journey's end". But, "it pleased God before they came half-seas over, to
smite this young man with a grievous disease, of which he died in a
desperate manner, and so was himself the first that was thrown overboard".
Bradford believes that the sailor died because God was punishing him.
According to Bradford, the sailor's cursing, and mistreatment of the other
passengers displeased God, so God punished him accordingly.
In the same chapter, Bradford tells of another ship passenger named
John Howland. At one point in the trip, the Mayflower came upon a violent
storm. The winds of the storm were so fierce, and the seas were so high,
that all the sailors and passengers had to "hull for divers days together".
During this storm, a young man named John Howland was thrown into the sea,
and as Bradford tells us, "it pleased God that he caught hold of the
topsail halyards which hung overboard and ran out at length". Howland
caught hold of a rope, and "though he ...
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barricado, were shot through and through."
In nowhere else does Bradford's Puritan beliefs affect his
interpretation of events in his writing as much as in Book II, Chapter XIX
of "Of Plymouth Plantation", entitled "Thomas Morton of Merrymount".
Throughout the chapter, Bradford tells of a Thomas Morton. His disdain for
Morton shows throughout the entire section.
As the story of goes, there is a plantation in Massachusetts called
Mount Wollaston owned and run by a Captain Wollaston. On this plantation
were indentured servants. Captain Wollaston sometimes went to Virginia on
trips to sell some of his indentured servants. On one particular trip,
Wollaston puts a man ...
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