Puritans wanted to purify the Church of England and live a life dedicated to the church. These were the people who were first to arrive to America to escape religious persecution. Jonathan Edwards the author and preacher of "from sinners in the Hands of an Angry god" was a preacher in the mid 1700's was part of the religious "great awakening" to bring the puritan people back to their old ways. Edwards uses two different tones a tone of fear to begin with, then a tone of hope to help manipulate his audience or reader.
Edwards's use of fear makes the audience pay attention and scares them into believing that they will all be going into hell, "That world of misery, that lake of burning brimstone, is extended abroad under you. There is the dreadful pit of the glowing flames of the wrath of god; t
Jonathan Edwards uses two tones through out "From Sinners in the hands of an angry god" his angry tone expresses how the audience's lives were and how they will end up in hell and gives the audience the image of hell. His optimistic attitude gives the audience hope and something to work toward for their afterlife. Edwards uses the two tones to keep the audiences attention while he puts dark and scary images into the minds of the people until they are almost scared to keep on living then tells them that there is a way out of it all and that all they have to do is too start living the puritan life and that Christ will forgive them and will not be sent to hell.
Edwards tone changes from fear to an optimistic attitude with hope for the audience's afterlives, "And now you have an extraordinary o
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