1. Jonathan Edwards never raised his voice as he delivered his sermon. FALSE
2. Listeners held on to the church pew during the sermon for fear that they were going to slip into hell. TRUE
3. This was a "fire and brimstone" sermon - delivered at a loud volume and intensity level. TRUE
Jonathan Edwards delivered this speech during the Puritan Era. The sermon was strong, scary and confrontational. The sermon highlighted the power of God and the punishment that we, humans, deserve for our iniquities and sins. The sermon is scary and long. Puritans had God and the Bible at the center of their lives. Edwards was passionate about the topic, and the sermon is written using a strong and scary tone.
Answer:
The statement that most clearly expresses what the speaker in "The Tyger" seeks to understand it:
d) the true nature of the tiger's creator.
Explanation:
"The Tyger" is a poem by William Blake. The speaker of the poem asks the same question, twice:
<em>What immortal hand or eye, </em>
<em>Could frame thy fearful symmetry?</em>
He also asks about the tiger:
<em>Did he who made the Lamb make thee?</em>
The speaker is questioning the nature of the tiger's creator. Assuming the same God created both, the lamb and the tiger, the speaker is both fascinated and frightened in face of such creativity. The tiger is a representation of violence, power, ferociousness. The lamb is meek, quiet, incapable of causing harm. How can the same God make both? Why would He? The speaker is baffled by such unanswerable questions.
