It was the desire for holiness and the need of salvation from a world filled with sin that brought the early settlers to strive for such perfection. ... It seemed that the isolation and severe living conditions in the colonies played a major part in this. ... Edward Taylor wrote in a poem named "Huswifery." ... Toward the end of the poem Bradstreet wrote, "Raise up thy thought above the sky, that dunghill mist away may fly, thou has a house on high erect, Framed by that mighty architect" (W. ... We must explore the possibilities that our Christian/Puritan walk deeds us not to sin but it see...

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The key poem in the Songs of Innocence is The Lamb. ... THE LAMB AND CHRIST Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! ... The issue of religion is quite confusing in this poem. ... The support that we can find for this in the Bible is in John 16:15: "Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. ... These two sets form a whole and often the poems have to be analysed in...

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That Jesus is the Son of God who died to forgive our sins. ... Their religious books contain stories, prayers, hymns and poems. The most important books are; "the Vedas, which are the oldest writings about life and duty, the Upanishads which are hymns and poems and the Ramayana which contain poems." ... Buddhist: Buddhist believe "in the truth of the way things are,"(The worlds religions, Dr.Peter, B.Clarke.) they believe they should behave selflessly, not harm anything living, do not misuse bodily sense, do not use fouls language and do not participate in drinking or any other substances that...

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The poem Beowulf suggests that Beowulf is the hero and Grendel is a villain, or the "bad guy."" ... He lives by a force that governs his will and gives rise to constant wickedness and sin. ... The fear and misery of the Danes is so great that it is told in stories: His (Hrothgar's) misery leaped the seas, was told and sung in all men's ears: How Grendel's hatred began, how the monster relished his savage war on the Danes, keeping the bloody feud alive, seeking no peace, offering no truce, accepting no settlement, no price in gold or land, and paying the living for one crime ...

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• Grade Level: High School