[ENG 224] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (42 pages long!)
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Left england in response to mounting civil and religious persecution. Not certain when this speech was delivered. Four main focuses: (1) sentences (2) language (literal vs. figurative) (3) words (4) Several commas: seen commonly when he lists off qualities/attributes of the rich/poor. Simile comparing god to royalty: that as it is the glory of princes to have many officers, so this great king will have many stewards . Emphasis on the rich v. poor: winthrop"s perspective: is against god"s will, even a sin, to try to stray from your social class/identity. Emphasis on the good of the whole . While winthrop acknowledges that the rich should help the poor, and that the poor should not despise the rich, that they are in their certain social classes by the will of god, and should remain in those classes. There needs to be love and cooperation to survive in the new world in order to protect.
