Eng 11 Unit 1 Wk 3 Mary R 1-10 Date Assigned______ Date Due Name__________ Period______

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1. How might Mary Rowlandson's background have an effect on her captivity?

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2. Why would some of the information change in her narratives when they went to print?
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Introduction:

1. What is the purpose of this piece?

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2. What point of view is this piece written in? How can this skew the text?
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3. How does she gloss over the idea of death in the introduction?
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4. How are the Indians described in the introduction? What kind of verbiage is used?
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5. How does she rationalize the terrible events that happen to her and her family?
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6. Why did she decide to go with the Indians?
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First remove

1. Where is her husband?

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2. What did the Indians tell her on that first night?
Eng 11 Unit 1 Wk 3 Mary R 1-10 Date Assigned______ Date Due Name__________ Period______
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Second remove

1. What is wrong with her child?

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2. Describe the scene on the horse.
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3. When something bad happens she rationalizes it with the love of God. DO you find this
believable?
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Third remove

1. What thoughts of her spirituality does she have when she thinks back on her life before the
captivity?
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2. How do you see the puritan concept of grace and works in this remove?
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3. Describe the line "he wounded me with one hand, and healed me with another."
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4. How long did it take for her child to die?
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5. What did she do after her child died?
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Eng 11 Unit 1 Wk 3 Mary R 1-10 Date Assigned______ Date Due Name__________ Period______
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6. Where are her other two children?

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7. What do the verses add to the narrative?
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The fourth Remove

1. What happened to the pregnant woman?

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2. What verse gave her comfort at this time? Why is this a significant verse?
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The fifth Remove

1. What is the first thing that she describes eating? How is this symbolic?
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2. What do the Indians do when she asks not to work on the Sabbath?
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3. How does she rationalize the Army not coming for them?
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The sixth remove

1. Describe the qualities of the wilderness that Mary Rowlandson was taken to.
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Eng 11 Unit 1 Wk 3 Mary R 1-10 Date Assigned______ Date Due Name__________ Period______
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The seventh Remove

1. Describe the symbolism and irony of the corn and the horse liver.
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The eighth Remove

1. Where were the Indians taking her?

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2. Why would she not accept the tobacco?
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3. How does she make her living with the Indians?
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The Ninth Remove

1. What is the symbolic irony of the bear meat?

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2. How do the Indians treat her while in Captivity?
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