Rowlandson Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Colonization and the Puritans Part 1 Compare the attitude toward the Native Americans revealed by at least three of the following authors: Mary Rowlandson, John Smith, Cotton Mather and St. John de Crevecoeur. You might consider the concept of the good Indian, the bad Indian, and the noble savage as part of your answer. Refer to specific native people to illustrate your response. Of these authors, who do you believe expresses the truest description of the native peoples? Contrast how these wr...

This essay is about the theme of trials and tribulations put forth by God unto all of his followers in both Mary Rowlandson and Michael Wigglesworth's works. This theme is conveyed as a warning to readers with an assumed biblical worldview.