Puritan/Cavalier Comparison/Contrast- February 10

Puritan/Cavalier Comparison/Contrast- February 10

We read literature from two opposing forces, the Puritans and the Cavaliers represented by Milton/Bunyan and Lovelace/Marvel respectively.

1. Describe the worldviews of these groups.
The puritans wanted a perfect world and they are pure they were extreme and fatalists, the cavaliers were open minded they would live for today.

2. How do these worldviews contrast with each other?
They are pretty much opposites.

3. Give specific examples from selections we read that represent these worldviews?
The Pilgrim's Progress, and To Althea, from Prison

4. Which worldview do you align yourself with more?
I would say i am more of a cavalier. living in the moment.