Mary Rowlandson allowed her Puritan beliefs to shape her response to Native Americans and the way she understood and interpreted her captivity. For example, she referred to various Bible passages in her narrative, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God. In many instances, she described some event and then proceeded to make sense of it by referring to a Bible verse. For example, in the thirteenth remove she felt burdened by her captivity and wished to return home. To find comfort, she quoted Isaiah 54; 7: "For a small moment have I [The Lord] forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee" (90). As a strict Puritan, Rowlandson held beliefs that the Native Americans, or "heathens" as she called them, forbid her from performing. She always "celebrated" the Sabbath-day by attending church and resting afterwards. The Indians did not allow her to follow these practices. She asked them to let her rest on the Sabbath-day and perform twice the amount of work the next day (79). The Indians respond by threatening to break her face. She struggled to make sense of her treatment but failed at first. In her despair, she noted how well God provided for these "Hellish-beings." Ultimately, she consoled herself with a verse from the Bible, Psalm 81: 13-14. The Native Americans were her enemies and she wanted revenge. "Oh, that my People had hearkened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways, I should soon have subdued their Enemies, and turned my hand against their Adversaries" (80). The message for a Puritan like Rowlandson was this: if you are a true follower of God, soon He will break the forces of the Indians.
At the outset of her narrative, Rowlandson wrote about the Indian attack on the town of Lancaster. She thought it a doleful sight to see many Christians lying in a pool of their own blood (70). She did not say it was a sad sight to see any injured or hurt people, but only injured or hurt Christians.
This is exactly what happened to Mary Rowlandson. ... Mary Rowlandson emigrated to Massachusetts in 1653. ... Mary Rowlandson would be faced with the daily challenges of her life. ... Mary Rowlandson lived this life for 3 months. ... Mary Rowlandson faced very traumatizing events. ...
Mary thinks of her capture and every detail about it as a trial from God. ... The Wampanoag Indians invaded Mary Rowlandson's hometown of Lancaster in February of 1675 taking twenty-four Puritans hostage. One of these hostages was Mary Rowlandson. ... This makes Mary very mad. ... This is probably the verse that got Mary Rowlandson through most of her hard times while in captivity. ...
Mary Rowlandson wrote "A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson," telling the story of her captivity by the Indians. ... Before the incident, she often told herself that, "if the Indians should come, I should choose rather to be killed by them than taken alive," however, "when it came to the trial my mind changed" (68). ... As time went on, few of the Indians felt sympathetic for Rowlandson. ... In the end, Mary Rowlandson's perspective toward the Indians had changed significantly even though she was shocked with the horrible exper...
Mary Rowlandson was a woman who lived in the 1600's during the Colonial Age. ... Mary Rowlandson was born in England around the year 1636 (we do not know the exact year she was born). ... Mary Rowlandson's story is a real life encounter. ... Maybe Mary Rowlandson did not elaborate herself, but whoever published it did. ... Mary Rowlandson wrote this narrative once she was back home after being freed from captivity. ...
In the Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mary Rowlandson, we see the trials and tribulations that Rowlandson encounters as the Indians take her and her family captive during an invasion of her home. During her captivity, Mary Rowlandson turns to the Lord and scripture, as her guidance and strength for her will to live. ... She again turns to the lord and thanks him for bringing these particular Indians and their graciousness to her when she so desperately needed it.One would think that their devout faith would start to decay during such a struggle as the one Mary Rowlandson enco...
The two pieces I am going to pay attention to are Mary Rowlandson's narrative in Women's Indian Captivity Narratives and Harriet Jacobs narrative in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. The first piece to be dissected is Mary Rowlandson's Indian narrative. ... (Rowlandson 36). ... (Rowlandson 36). ... In this particular narrative we are told of the trials and tribulations of a female slave living in the confederate South at the very crest of slavery. ...
John Winthrop, William Bradford, Mary Rowlandson, and Anne Bradstreet were strong believers of Christ and believed that he was the King of all things, and they wanted to spread his word and love. ... Mary Rowlandson's beliefs might be the strongest out of all four of these Puritans. ... Since her beliefs included Divine Providence, she thought the trials she faced were God's will for her life. Rowlandson's stern faith in God almost made her immune to the suffering she endured during captivity. "Yet the Lord still showed mercy to me, and upheld me, and as he wounded me with one h...
