Compare And Contrast Mary Rowlandson And Anne Bradstreet

" Even though Mary Rowlandson does not try to escape from the Indians, she does not have Stockholm syndrome because she is more than eager to return to her family, Stockholm syndrome has the same characteristics as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Stockholm syndrome is rare, with little evidence to support the syndrome (Namnyak, M., et al 5). In Mary Rowlandson’s, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson,she tells the story of her kidnapping and how she was redeemed for twenty pound. After spending months with the Indians, Rowlandson was more than eager to be set free. As told in the narrative, Mr. Hoar came to the campground which Mary was at and offered King Philip a sum of money to take Mrs. Rowlandson home.

America the brave; the land of the free. These sentiments did not hold true for multitudes of men and women before the civil war. Among those who were denied these Amerian characteristics were Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs. Both of these astounding writers lived most of their lives in servitude, where they found a fire within themselves to go on in their lives to learn and tell their stories. While Douglass and Jacobs may have had two incredible different tales of prejudice, they both tell a tale which relies on the themes of perseverance, the quest for education and freedom, their lack of control, and family.

Rowlandson wrote for the spiritual purposes, but Equiano on the other hand wrote to change people’s views on slavery. Mary Rowlandson and Olaudah Equiano were humiliated and dealt with fear during this time. While in slavery they adapted to the surroundings and the lifestyle and that way they were able to survive. Rowlandson and Equiano each wrote about slavery and the relation to

She was forced to eat things that no human should have to endure. She was being treated like a slave by the England Indians. As for Equiano’s story he as well has a rough time through his journey, and is forced to change his ethnic ways. Rowlandson’s attitude as changed a lot throughout the whole story. She actually tends to become very droopy because she starts talking about death all of sudden.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl “…Though we were all slaves, I was so fondly shielded that I never dreamed that I was a piece of merchandise…” (Jacobs 820). In “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”, by Harriet Jacobs, Linda Brent describes her first-hand experience in slavery under the name Linda Brent. Through Brent’s life, from childhood until her twenties, Harriet Jacobs wrote about an African-American girl struggling to come to terms with her identity as a slave. In this story, Jacobs focuses on Linda Brent’s mental suffering during slavery rather than her physical abuse.

In the kidnappings of Equiano and Rowlandson they both can relate to each other’s feelings. Giving information to colonists led to the kidnapping of Mary while Equiano was captured to be a slave. Treated poorly and being starved can take a toll on your body making your body slow down. Being in the same time periods as slavery and wars it is not a safe environment.

Rowlandson’s narrative simply describes her experience as a captive of the Native American’s when King Philip’s War during 1676, it talks about her capture and her return. When she was captured she observed her experience about God and the Bible. In the essay, she mentions God and the Bible a lot. When she got captured she said that she believed that it was a trial from God. Rowlandson mentions "And he said unto me, my Grace is sufficient for thee" (2 Corinthians 12.9)

In colonial North America, the lives of women were distinct and described in the roles exhibited in their inscriptions. In this book, Good Wives the roles of woman were neither simple nor insignificant. Ulrich proves in her writing that these women did it all. They were considered housewives, deputy husbands, mistresses, consorts, mothers, friendly neighbors, and last but not least, heroines. These characteristics played an important role in defining what the reality of women’s lives consisted of.

In Rowlandson’s story she compares her situation to Biblical

Bradstreet Edwards Comparison What is a puritan? A puritan is a member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship. Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards are examples of puritans. Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards are both writers, who write what they feel and believe, such as religious views.

Food is an essential thing needed to survive. In A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson; Rowlandson faced many challenges that she had to overcome. During her captivity, her biggest challenge was finding food every day. Her captors’ food was different compared to the food she was used to in her Puritan society in Europe. This forced her to adapt to her captors’ eating habits if she wanted any food.

Women in the 1600s to the 1800s were very harshly treated. They were seen as objects rather than people. They were stay-at-home women because people didn’t trust them to hold jobs. They were seen as little or weak. Women living in this time period had to have their fathers choose their husbands.

During the colonial period many settlers came to the New World to escape persecution for their Puritan beliefs. Writers such as William Bradford, John Winthrop, Anne Bradstreet, and Mary Rowlandson all shared their experiences and religious devotion throughout their literature that ultimately inspired and influenced settlers to follow. This essay will discuss the similarities in Anne Bradstreet and Mary Rowlandson’s work as they both describe their experiences as signs from God. Anne Bradstreet came to the New World as a devoted Puritan as she repeatedly talked about it in her poetry. In her poems she discusses many tragedies that happened in her life such as; the burning of her house and the death of her two grandchildren all of which she thinks were signs from God.

Over time Rowlandson did seem to develop some sort of empathy for her captors as they “were themselves starving and uprooted”. Additionally they paid small kindnesses to Rowlandson and never abused her (Gilbert and Gubar 175). Jacobs, however, never found any redeeming qualities in her master. Though her “life in slavery was comparatively devoid of hardships” she considered her master an immoral and wicked man (Jacobs

She witnessed her community become destroyed by Indians, people whom she refers to as "barbarous creatures,"(238) "murderous wretches" (236) "heathen,"(236) "ravenous beasts," (238) and "hell-hounds." (237) Rowlandson never questions her faith in God throughout the rough times she is going through, uncertain of her survival. When she and her daughter are wounded and separated from her family, instead of questioning why God would do such a horrible thing to her, she interprets her experiences as signs from God. As a reference, she mentions that "[she has] thought since of the wonderful goodness of God to [her] in preserving [her] in the use of [her] reasons and senses, in that