Compare And Contrast Mary Rowlandson And Anne Bradstreet

The Colonial era depicted various splendid works. In the Norton Anthology of American Literature three historical writers were used to signify God’s supreme power. William Bradford’s writings focused on preservation. Mary Rowlandson’s narrative describe endurance. Anne Bradstreet’s poems were based on inspiration as well as aspiration. William Bradford, Mary Rowlandson, and Anne Bradstreet all faced a moment in their life when they had to rely on God to deliver them from their trials. Therefore; the ultimate theme of these authors revolves around God’s presence throughout their lives, how he shepherded them through privation, how they will do better at serving him and change one’s view of a negative situations into a positive one. William Bradford was a purposive and selfless, separatists who founded the Plymouth Colony. During his voyage on the Mayflower to America he faced many dangers and experienced several mishaps. Consequently, he wrote the book Of Plymouth Plantation. Bradford used the phrase “providence of God” several times in his writing to convey the idea that God was the sole reason the Pilgrims and Separatists overcame the troubles they faced. …show more content…
It led to her writing A Narrative of the Captivity, Suffering, and Removes of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. In this narrative she uses Biblical accounts and principles as analogies for her personal experience. In “The Third Remove”, Rowlandson states, “Yet the Lord still showed mercy to me, and upheld me; and as He wounded me with one hand, so he healed me with the other” (p.131 N.A.L.). She was saying just as God brung distress upon his people in the bible, in her situation she was being punished for not following his commandments. Therefore; through the harsh persecution she dealt with while being held captive was her time to change her ways and learn to solely rely on