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<p> The story of Hannah Duston brings forth a new image of the captive Puritan woman, one that is bearing the horrifying specter of violent revenge. The essay dwells on the captive’s way of dealing with the experience of captivity by touching upon Walter Benjamin’s approach on the matter and also by analyzing the moral paradox that arises.</p>
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The story of Hannah Duston brings forth a new image of the captive Puritan woman, one that is bearing the horrifying specter of violent revenge. The essay dwells on the captive’s way of dealing with the experience of captivity by touching upon Walter Benjamin’s approach on the matter and also by analyzing the moral paradox that arises.

Revengeful Violence – Hannah Duston’s Captivity Narative and the Puritan Paradox

“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The story of Hannah Duston brings forth a new image of the captive Puritan woman, one that is bearing the horrifying specter of violent revenge. The essay...

Revengeful Violence – Hannah Duston’s Captivity Narative and the Puritan Paradox

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 288 - 302

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0027-6

Keywords
captivity, frontier, natural law, Puritan, violence

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Revengeful Violence – Hannah Duston’s Captivity Narative and the Puritan Paradox

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 288 - 302

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0027-6

Keywordscaptivity, frontier, natural law, Puritan, violence

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
captivity, frontier, natural law, Puritan, violence