Emily Dickinson was raised in a traditional New
England home in the mid 1800's. Her father along with the
rest of the family had become Christians and she alone
decided to rebel against that and reject the Church. She
like many of her contemporaries had rejected the traditional
views in life and adopted the new transcendental outlook.
Massachusetts, the state where Emily was born and
raised in, before the transcendental period was the
epicenter of religious practice. Founded by the puritans,
the feeling of the avenging had never left the people.
After all of the "Great Awakenings" and religious revivals
the people of New England began to question the old ways.
What used to be the focal point of all lives
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