From Puritan Plain Style to the Fiery Pits of Hell

We're learning about the Puritans in English 3. We read some of Anne Bradstreet's "Puritan Plain Style" today. Notably, Bradstreet's Plain Style uses literal poetic lines to teach a lesson or moral, known as didactic poetry. The only metaphors she employs are used to reference Heaven and Hell in a "Sin-that-must-not-be-named" way. The only way to talk about Hell and sin is through metaphors because naming sin brings you too close to the actual sin (according to this Puritan, anyways).

We will now begin "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,"  Johnathon Edwards has no qualms about sharing his opinion on our salvation! We will soon be creating drawings of the illustrative details of hellfire and damnation as embodied by the Puritanical belief of predestination/predetermination.

Check out this PowerPoint on the history and background on the Puritans!