Question

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Which phrase in this excerpt from The Redeemed Captive by John Williams demonstrates a Puritan influence?
My master took hold of my hand to force me to cross myself; but I struggled with him, and would not suffer him to guide my hand; upon this, he pulled off a crucifix from his own neck, and bade me kiss it; but I refused once and again; he told me he would dash out my brains with his hatchet if I refused.

Answer 1

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My master took hold of my hand to force me to cross myself; but I struggled with him, and would not suffer him to guide my hand; upon this, he pulled off a crucifix from his own neck, and bade me kiss it; but I refused once and again; he told me he would dash out my brains with his hatchet if I refused.

Answer 2

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The phrase that demonstrates a Puritan influence in the passage is "My master took hold of my hand to force me to cross myself."

Answer 3

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In this passage, the phrase that demonstrates a Puritan influence is "to cross myself." When the narrator resists his master's attempt to make him cross himself, it indicates that the narrator does not follow the Catholic practice of making the sign of the cross, which was not a typical Puritan religious practice.