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A Reference to God in Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
From the violent and brutal clash between Indians and British colonists in the Americas grew a new literary genre. The focus was mainly on the disruptive and brutle natives care towards the captivity of the colonists. Two ....
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.... she quoted "Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations He has made in the earth" (35). Thus, Rowlandson revealed her belief that God would act against other people simply because they were enemies to the Puritans. Rowlandson believed that the sins of the colonists, which deviated from their covenant with God, led God to use the Indians as a means for punishment. Quoting scripture in her narrative, Rowlandson concluded that God had orchestrated the events of her captivity, and, as a being controlling all humanity, had acted with special purpose. ....
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