Anne Hutchinson was not the first to question Puritan doctrine nor was she the last. ... Anne Hutchinson posed a threat to the Massachusetts Bay Colony for three reasons: her actions defied the gender roles set for the Puritan women of the day, her religious teachings challenged the Puritan orthodoxy, and the fact that the teachings struck a responsive chord in many listeners threatened to divide the commonwealth into a band of dissenting factions. ... Anne Hutchinson also posed a threat because her teachings often went against the orthodox teachings of the Puritan church in a time when the ...

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In The Prologue Anne Bradstreet is getting the first word, launching the first strike against those who she knows will claim she is not smart enough to produce the works she did. In a rhythmic, hymn-like way, Bradstreet is telling the men who possible receive her writing with irritation and fear of an articulate, strong woman that she is in no way a threat to them. ... Bradstreet reiterates over and over that she is, not only, no threat to men and their work, she couldn't compete with their obviously superior talents and doesn't want to. ...

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The lottery enforces an unfair distinction in class status between men and women. Women are subordinate in the social power structure of the village, as shown when Mrs. Hutchinson's family is chosen in the first round. Objecting that her daughter and son-in-law "didn't take their chance," (562) Mr. ...

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