Critical Paper
The Puritan Influence in Twenty-First Century America
Architecture in Seventeenth-Century
America
lthough there are only a few direct relationships between the concerns
of the Puritans in the seventeenth century and the concerns of people in
the twenty-first cenury, there are still residual metaphors and ideas which
are prevalent in our culture today. The essays on the WWW
designed for this assignment open areas of discussion in the following
subjects: (1) Racism in the United States and its source in seventeenth-century
New England; (2) the role of technology in the supression of Native Americans;
(3) the rise of fundamentalism in the centuries following the Calvin based
Puritan Church; (4) motherhood and child-rearing in England and New England;
and (5) witches, witchcraft, and witch-hunting in the twentieth century,
e.g., The Crucible
, Arthur Miller's play written in the 1950's. Is there a way in which the Articles of Impeachment and the bringing of these Articles to the Senate by the House Masters could be considered latter day Puritan reaction to the personal life of the President? Why did the Senate prevail?
How to Cite and Use Primary Sources
The Topic
Using any of the discussion areas introduced above or any of your own discovery (WWW only), write a critical paper in which you demonstrate the origin of your subject grounded in the seventeenth century and the appearance of the same subject in the twentieth century. In terms of the rhetorical structure of the paper, you will probably be writing a cause and effect paper with comparison and illustration as the supporting methods of development.
You might wish to recall an earlier www page, Epic Cosmopoesis and Anpao and a Film, which reviewed writing a college paper. Finally, recall the MLA Documentation Form WWW pages, especially the discussion of the electronic citations. Finally, you might wish to recall the general writing instructions found on the first writing WWW page for the course.
Extra Credit
What kind of Chair is this? Where does it come from?
What is the source of your information?
In your reading on the WWW, you might come across this image, especially is you review all of the URL's provided in this assignment!
E-mail me with the answer for extra credit!
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