Anne Bradstreet Case

Anne Bradstreet

In the poem, “Norton anthology of American Literature”, the main cast Anne Bradstreet portrays herself as a woman with two contrasting sides (Kellogg, 2010). From the poem, we get to see Anne as a renowned wife of a colony who is very strict. She in fact, is very authoritative and is feared by many of her stunt believes. Anne as portrayed in the poem is a Puritan, one of the English-speaking natives of the year 1966 (Kellogg, 2010). Puritans believed that God was the main determinant of all that occurred.

As a colony’s wife, Anne was also viewed by many as ignorant to cultural believes. The Puritan’s culture had it that women were only require tend to their families and perform some of the most common domestic duties at home. However, Anne did more than this and even took up men’s roles such as being a societal leader. Anne’s character was also portrayed as strong and persevering during the period, she was separated from her children. In a poem she is quoted saying,’ those fruits which through thy heart I bore’ (Kellogg, 2010). The through her we get to see how a married woman with children to look after was supposed to carry herself.

On the contrary, apart from seeing Anne as the strong and tough leader in the society, we also get to know that she has her soft side when she relates with her children (Kellogg, 2010). She has the capability to be a doting mother as well as grandmother to all who look up to her. Anne also is endowed with a reputable nature as we see in the poem she tries hard to bring to peace some of the contradicting perceptions in her community. In addition, she at some point in the poem, ‘Absent upon public employment’, she is not anywhere near her family and it wears her out when the loneliness gets more than she can bear (Kellogg, 2010).

Anne is emotional unlike many would want to believe (Kellogg, 2010).