Before The Birth Of Her Children Analysis

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Chanice Noble
ENG 235
3/23/2017

During the 17th century religion was a major them of American writing. The difference between these New World Puritans and the Old World Roman Catholics and church of England Anglicans, the obstacles the settlers faced in the New World, and their own personal struggles with faith made this subject inevitable. Bradstreet portrays her struggles with death, life, and faith in the poems” Before the Birth of one of her Children” and ‘’Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of our house 1666” As well as her letter “To My Dear Children’’. Rowlandson in her text “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Rowlandson” provides an account of her captivity at the hands of Indians. Both authors are good examples of Puritan thinking as both depict their personal struggles and solutions they found as good …show more content…

She has excepted the risks that come along with being pregnant, but She feels a sense of sorrow at being separated from her husband and her children. It’s almost like she was writing a farewell letter to her husband if something did happen and she did pass on. The fact that she faces the reality of death is I can imagine very painful especially at a time when you are supposed to be excited and happy. During the time, many women died before their husbands because of child birth and other health related issues. So, she in a sense was coming to terms that she may die while trying to have this child. So, she wanted to leave something behind for her husband as I would think as like a token or something to remember her by. She says, ‘‘and when thy loss shall be repaid with gained look to my little babes, my dear remains. ‘’ this is her coming to grips that her child and husband may be going on in life without

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