Dudley–Winthrop family Essays

  • Anne Bradstreet Research Paper

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    of 16, Anne Dudley married a man named Simon Bradstreet, which equipped her with the eminent last name of Bradstreet. Anne, her husband, and her parents moves to America

  • Anne Bradstreet: The Wife, the Woman And the Legendary Poet

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    experience unconvinced of her poetry’s intrinsic worth” (Hall 1). Anne Bradstreet was born in Northampton, England, in 1612, to Thomas and Dorothy Dudley. Thomas Dudley was an Elizabethan loyalist who later became one of the first members of the English Reformation and Elizabethan Settlement in America. Anne’s mother was well-educated and from a wealthy family. Anne’s parents saw to it that she was well-educated as well in the subjects of history, literature, and numerous foreign languages. She was a

  • Anne Bradstreet Biography

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    published in newly colonized America. Her father, Thomas Dudley, in England worked as steward of Earl of Lincoln. In 1628 Anne married Simon Bradstreet. In 1630 both families moved to America on the ship "Arabella". Voyage lasted for three months. In the New World, her father became governor of Massachusetts Colony, and was subsequently replaced by the husband of Anne. Anne had poor health, suffered a difficult journey. In 1666 the family experienced a strong fire, which, among other things, almost

  • Anne Bradstreet: The Pioneer Puritan Poet

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    life experiences, Puritan beliefs, and family greatly influenced her writing topics and led her to accomplish international fame through her collection The Tenth Muse. While there is no exact date or record of Anne Bradstreet’s birth, it is known she was born in either 1612 or 1613. There is also strong speculation that her birthdate was March 20th due to Bradstreet’s reference to the date on multiple occasions (White 39-40). Born as Anne Dudley to Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke, she grew up in a

  • Anne Bradstreet Research Paper

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    Colonies, the most notable of which was John Winthrop, one of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Winthrop criticized Bradstreet and commented that she should remain attending to her wifely duties rather than her scholarly activities. In response to these harsh attacks on her poetry, Bradstreet refused to conform to gender standards by upholding both her domestic responsibilities and the pursuit of writing (Stanford 376). With the exception of Winthrop and a few others who denounced her work

  • Origins and Development of the Massachusetts Colony

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    John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley. When the Pilgrims first arrived in 1620, it was the local Wamapanoag Indians who taught them how to plant crops. The Massachusetts Colony's landscape included treed mountains, lots of hills, rocky soil and lots of rivers. Massachusetts's

  • J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter

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    "Why We Like Harry Potter." Christianity Today 10 Jan. 2000: 37. Academic Search Elite. Palni Site Search. Goshen College Good Library. 24 October 2001. Wyckoff, Malia McCawley. "Beyond Harry Potter: The books boys can't resist reading." Family Life Oct. 2000: 86. Academic Search Elite. Palni Site Search. Goshen College Good Library. 24 October 2001.

  • The Occupation of a Carpenter

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    Finally, the carpenter joins the items together with nails, staples, or glue. In this, they use rulers or framing squares to get how accurate their work is. When working ... ... middle of paper ... ...ft, Jerome. Rev. of A Little Commonwealth: Family Life in Plymouth Colony, by John Demos. "The Library Journal" 1 Apr. 1970: p1364. Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Macbeth. Ed. Louis B. Wright and Virginia A. Lamar. New York: Washington Square, 1959. Stannard, David E. "Death and the