This experience led to to the publication of The Narrative of the Captivity and the Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson in What happens to other members of Rowlandson's family who are taken captive? Other members of Rowlandson's family that were taken captive had different outcomes. Her daughter died of the wounds sustained during the attack.
Her other daughter was missing, and Rowlandson was not sure where she was. The support that Rowlandson depends on during her captivity is her strong faith in God. How was Rowlandson treated by her captors? How is Rowlandson treated by her captors? Even though she was treated with some cruelty throughout her captivity she was provided with a bible and food and was paid fairly for the things that she sewed. What did Mary Rowlandson's book demonstrate? Mary Rowlandson, we have a text that demonstrates, with extraordinary power, the workings of Puritan theology in ordinary lives.
Certainly Rowlandson was a person of uncommon qualities. Sarah died from her wounds during the first week of captivity.
Rowlandson and her children traveled for eleven weeks and over miles through the wilderness, avoiding the English militia while the Indians carried out other raids. In , Reverend Rowlandson moved his family to Wethersfield, Connecticut. Dietrich, Her examination of the Indians against the colonial stereotype finds them innocent of the charges of sexual abuse of their captive women, and she observes only one instance of drunkenness in all the time she is with them Dietrich Similarities between the Indians and the settlers become more apparent, for example, as Rowlandson witnesses Praying Indians who claim to have converted to Christianity.
Furthermore, Rowlandson also recognizes her own capacity for uncivilized behavior, as she too dines on half raw horse meat and bear Rowlandson According to Jesper Rosenmeier, [The farther Rowlandson is dragged through the wilderness], the greater her subconscious identification grows with her Indian captors.
Also, by the final remove, even when the Indians dance together, Rowlandson no longer views them as one mass of dancing black creatures in the night as she had in the second remove Rowlandson While pre-captivity Rowlandson could only view the Indians through the Puritan paradigm, she now occupies a position that allows her to explore the difference between the actual Indian and the Puritan stereotype.
No longer are civilization and savagery so distinct. Within her narrative, Rowlandson describes the extent of her captivity and the dire circumstances under which she is subjected. This idea of uncertainty is most notable when Rowlandson undergoes a subconscious shift that allows her to occupy a position to explore the difference between the actual Indian and the Puritan stereotype.
In fact, if Rowlandson had returned to her Puritan community a different person, she would have been chastised by society and most likely not welcomed back. Rowlandson's own words demonstrate that religious ideologies can be incredibly steadfast, hypocritical, and prejudiced. Derounian, Kathryn Zabelle. Early American Literature, vol. EBSCOhost, ssuproxy. Dietrich, Deborah J. Rosenmeier, Jesper. American Quarterly , vol. Rowlandson, Mary. Mary Rowlandson. Palmer, a distinguished American Indian activist and scholar Ph.
Cornell , discusses themes of the captivity narrative as they appear in the poetry of Louise Erdrich. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter for announcements, education- related info, and more! Some scholars have speculated that Joseph Rowlandson and Mather were also extensively involved in the production of the Narrative itself; the frequency and aptness of biblical quotations in the text might indicate the hand of an experienced cleric.
After providing students with this background information, ask for their opinions on whether or not or to what extent Rowlandson was mediated and guided by Puritan authorities when composing this text.
Ask them to offer specific textual evidence to back up their speculations. Ask students to analyze her portraits of individual Indians and to trace the evolution of her attitude toward Indians in general.
Which Native Americans come in for the most criticism? Which does she view more positively? What might motivate her varying assessments? How does each text portray these Native American female leaders?
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