Describe how the Mary Rowland's experience during her captivity is a metaphor for a devout Puritan society. (250-300 words)
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Rowlandson frequently quotes the Bible, which emphasizes her own faith, her own knowledge of the scriptures, and their centrality in her life.
She uses the Bible to reinforce her descriptions of a world of dualities of evil and good. By showing the Indians as children of the devil, Rowlandson depicts them as a large, permanent enemy.
That is, the Indians are not just the enemy of the colonists in this war, in a specific time and a place, but rather represent the enemies of Christianity, goodness, and light throughout all time.
By alluding to the Bible so frequently, Rowlandson turns her own story into an epic and allegorical tale of the devout puritan mindset.
She uses the Bible to reinforce her descriptions of a world of dualities of evil and good. By showing the Indians as children of the devil, Rowlandson depicts them as a large, permanent enemy.
That is, the Indians are not just the enemy of the colonists in this war, in a specific time and a place, but rather represent the enemies of Christianity, goodness, and light throughout all time.
By alluding to the Bible so frequently, Rowlandson turns her own story into an epic and allegorical tale of the devout puritan mindset.
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