Essays on Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

The purpose of the sermon was to persuade those had not yet converted to the Puritian religion to convert. Edwards talks about saving those who have not converted yet by converting and uses lots of emotion when talking about God. Edwards uses lots of emotional…

The stories of “Young Goodman Brown” and “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” encompass different aspects of religion, the perspective of vengeance, the role of clergy, and the use of allegory and direct address. The way of writing in these two stories are…

In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Jonathan Edwards uses fear and shame to to create images that help his audience experience the consequences of sinful behavior. One such image is God’s hand holding a spider – a representation of humanity, a collection…

“The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards show two distinct perspectives towards Puritan beliefs. The author’s passages compare both the loyalty of beliefs and the consequences of sin. I can easily describe Jonathan…

Jonathan Edwards is a great author that uses literary devices that has a majorly good effect on how we read and comprehend books today, in this story I will show you the literary devices that he uses. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”…