“It is a man child and will get what it wants anyway,’ she said sharply. ‘Had it been a woman child there is nothing in the world I would have not done for it.” This quote by Sherwood Anderson has proven true throughout the past. Men have always dominated both society and women. This quote is justified in the writing of Anne Bradstreet, especially in her poem, “Versus Upon the Burning of Our House.”
Anne Bradstreet was raised a Puritan in the 1600’s. This was a time when women were not projected to be educated. Women were also not tolerated if they spoke against their Puritan religion. Anne Bradstreet was wise beyond her years. She had intelligent thoughts questioning both her marriage and her Puritan faith. Bradstreet knew that
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