Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Religion in Wieland & The Wide Wide World. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 7 page paper looking at the treatment of Christian doctrine in these two novels by Charles Brockden Brown and Susan Warner. The paper points out that although Christian expression is used as a form of 'cultural shorthand' in both novels, only in Warner's is the teaching of Christian principles a major goal of the book. Bibliography lists four sources.
Page Count:
7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_Widewie.doc
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
schoolbooks, for example, because the basis of learning in American culture was almost uniformly Christian, and Christian doctrine was as common a foundation for secular thought as, say, the theory
of evolution or Freudian psychology is for us today. So the expression of Christian belief in Charles Brockden Browns 1799 novel Wieland and in Susan Warners 1850 The Wide Wide
World should not automatically categorize them as "Christian" or "religious" novels; rather, it is necessary to look at the function of religion within the story itself in order to determine
whether the dispensation of religious doctrine was intended as a primary goal of the novel or not. Browns novel tells the story of the family of Theodore Wieland,
a man whose life is dominated by his religion and his family -- a family he eventually destroyed, partially as the result of the malice of a stranger. The stranger,
Carwin, is first categorized as ragged, ugly and clown like, but Theodores daughter Clara is inexplicably drawn to him because of his unusual manner and beautiful voice. In a way,
Claras fascination with the man who would later contribute to the destruction of her family mirrors the morbid fascination of the early American settlers with the Indians. The fact that
Carwin is only described as "dark," not Indian, and the fact that Wieland is set in the heart of civilization and not out on the untamed frontier does nothing to
dissipate the sense of looming danger. Apparently this sense of danger was endemic to the early colonists of New England; even though the wilderness no longer existed, a kind of
race-memory of those days persisted, and would persist for several more generations. But there is another function to Browns consistent depiction of Carwin as "dark". Satan himself is often called
...