ENG234H5 : Cautionary Tales (Tiles mentioned before each note)
Document Summary
Puritan"s hell-fire : warnings and warmth, james janeway, pg 65-69. Puritansconcerned that if u don"t learn to read bible then you will go to hell (extreme version of protestants) Date of story: 1670 genre: martyr logy (dies for their faith or belief, religious connotation) Point of view: a child"s version in this time period. Themes: torture, pain, suffering, things they say while they"re being burned, glory, will meet the maker, gruesome, grisly accounts of torture, moral messages of puritan kids that justifies the tortures. Ending is predictable die and meet their maker in the end. Paragraph 7: list of things that are ideal child that sarah read. Name of the child: sarah hallway (ordinary/common name, no metaphorical implications) Exemption is her religious faith that could make her a role model. Realism tends to elevate ordinary people, democratizing genre. Vividly detailed description about where things are and what is happening.
