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Thanatopsis - 0 views

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American writers poetry

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The Great Awakening - Great-Awakening.com - 0 views

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wakening? The First Great Awakening, occurring around 1730 to 1760, had a profound impact on the course of the United States, especially during the latter half of the Eighteenth Century. Although not widely spoken of in modern times, the Great Awakening was a movement rooted in spiritual growth which brought a national identity to Colonial America. If you are a student and want to know the basics about the Awakening, you may find the “Basic Concepts” to be helpful. Otherwise, click on one of the other links on the right to learn more about this historical spiritual movement which helped pave the way for American independence. Videos on the Great Awakening Saints and Strangers The Great Awakening: Spiritual Revival in Colonial America Gospel of Liberty Navigation The Great Awakening Basic Concepts of the First Great Awakening Origins of the Great Awakening Some Figures of the Great Awakening Significance of the Great Awakening: Roots of Revolution Awakening Resources Downloadable Sources General Books on Colonial America
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Hawthorne

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This is a great article to introduce the coming of Transcendentalism and their basic beliefs.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a great article to introduce the coming of Transcendentalism and their basic beliefs.</div>

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Ch. 2, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850 - 1 views

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SL Chapters Scarlet Letter

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Ch. 1, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850 - 1 views

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SL Chapters

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allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.
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- Christine Kurucz on 04 Sep 13
  
  They thought the new world would be perfect, yet they built a cemetery (makes sense) and a prison. If the society was going to be perfect with well-behaved citizens, then why do they need a prison?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">They thought the new world would be perfect, yet they built a cemetery (makes sense) and a prison. If the society was going to be perfect with well-behaved citizens, then why do they need a prison?</div>
  
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darker aspect
- Christine Kurucz on 12 Sep 13
  
  Is this a light/dark reference / symbol to the idea of the jail as an evil or "bad" place? Or is it simply a statement of how dark the wood on the jail has become?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Is this a light/dark reference / symbol to the idea of the jail as an evil or "bad" place? Or is it simply a statement of how dark the wood on the jail has become?</div>
  
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was a grass-plot, much overgrown with burdock, pig-weed, apple-peru, and such unsightly vegetation, which evidently found something congenial in the soil that had so early borne the black flower of civilized society, a prison.
- Christine Kurucz on 12 Sep 13
  
  Weeds seem to like the soil by the prison -- is there something about the Puritan community where evil can dwell? Or does this follow the idea that people were sinners and in a perpetual state of needing to be redeemed?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Weeds seem to like the soil by the prison -- is there something about the Puritan community where evil can dwell? Or does this follow the idea that people were sinners and in a perpetual state of needing to be redeemed?</div>
  
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wild rose-bush,
- Christine Kurucz on 12 Sep 13
  
  Definitely a symbol.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Definitely a symbol.</div>
  
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Ann Hutchinson,
- Christine Kurucz on 12 Sep 13
  
  Ann is the first feminist. She believed in individual freedom -- freedom of thought, speech, and religion. Puritans believed she was trying to "overthrow" the church with these thoughts when really she only wanted to participate in her religion and relationship with God. She was "kicked out" of Puritan societyl
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Ann is the first feminist. She believed in individual freedom -- freedom of thought, speech, and religion. Puritans believed she was trying to "overthrow" the church with these thoughts when really she only wanted to participate in her religion and relationship with God. She was "kicked out" of Puritan societyl</div>
  
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