Mary Rowlandson as a Housewife What skills or talents or traits does Rowlandson have that enable her to survive her eleven-week captivity? There is definitely her faith (and her ability to read her Bible), but what about her assumptions about housekeeping? Focus on her interactions with the Native Americans she lives with, and look for […]
Discuss how Rowlandson’s account either contradicts, blends in with, or defends the religious awakenings in the New World (i.e., Salem Witchcraft and The Great Awakening).
Rowlandson Mary Rowlandson, a minister’s wife and a white woman captured by a neighboring Indian tribe detailed her experiences during her captivity. These events, real or exaggerated, relate to and contradict the colonists’ activities and religious trends in the New World. Using Rowlandson, the sermons posted on Blackboard, the Native Americans on Long Island book […]
What elements of “freedom” do these authors/texts share in common, and how/why do other elements differ?
Topic Discuss and compare how we see the idea of “freedom” portrayed in the specific primary texts included in our course materials by Mary Rowlandson, Thomas Jefferson, and Harriet Jacobs. How do the authors define “freedom,” and why is it important to them? What contextual factors contributed to their idea of “freedom”? What elements of […]
Compare women writers (Phillis Wheatley, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and Mary Rowlandson) and feminism to modern day women writers (any of your choosing) and modern feminism.
Compare women writers (Phillis Wheatley, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and Mary Rowlandson) and feminism to modern day women writers (any of your choosing) and modern feminism.