Mary Rowlandson
Mary Rowlandson, a seventeenth century Puritan settler, was witnessed to her family’s slaughter by a group of Native Americans and then kidnapped by the same group. Rowlandson wrote A Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, recounting her experiences while held prisoner by the Native Americans. ... Woodard discusses works by Mary Rowlandson, Susanna Rowson and Charles Brockden. Woodard states that Rowlandson’s Narrative of Captivity is“…an exciting and detailed account of her adventures in the wilderness, at its heart it is a Puritan text steeped in Biblical allusions and interpretations” (3). The article as a whole compares Rowlandson’s conformity to Puritan beliefs and the way she undermines them. Rowlandson’s Christian beliefs are demonstrated in her actions, her writing and her descriptions of her captors. ... Rowlandson’s Christian beliefs and ideas ruled the way she reacted to the Native Americans who held her prisoner. ... Mary Rowlandson” by Marilyn C.