Mary Rowlandson as a housewife
What skills or talents or traits does Rowlandson have that enable her to survive her eleven-week captivity? There is definitely her faith (and her ability to read her Bible), but what about her assumptions about housekeeping? Focus on her interactions with the Native Americans she lives with, and look for her focus on “typical” housewife concerns like food, shelter, and clothing. How does she view Native American life based on those elements? What is new and strange to her about how the Wampanoags live? Is she able to adapt to this new way of life, or not, and what does this say about her response to this experience?
