Here's some background:
The English Civil War was fought between parliament supporters and supporters of the king. Puritians especially hated the king, (Charles II) because he kept drifitng the Church of England towards a style more like catholicism, and the Purititans thought it was too close to Catholicism in the first place!
The picture, by William Shakespear Burton, shows a dying Cavlier (supporter of the king) lying in the arms of a woman in a forest, while a Puritan in black stands in the background.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Burton,_William_Shakespeare-_The_Wounded_Cavalier.jpg
I think the paintings really cool, and I want to know what the Puritian with the grim look on his face stands for. My guess is he's thinking "Your death is tragic, and I regret you had to die, no one in God's hands should die. But You made it come to this."
What ords would you use to describe the Puritan's meaning?
The English Civil War was fought between parliament supporters and supporters of the king. Puritians especially hated the king, (Charles II) because he kept drifitng the Church of England towards a style more like catholicism, and the Purititans thought it was too close to Catholicism in the first place!
The picture, by William Shakespear Burton, shows a dying Cavlier (supporter of the king) lying in the arms of a woman in a forest, while a Puritan in black stands in the background.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Burton,_William_Shakespeare-_The_Wounded_Cavalier.jpg
I think the paintings really cool, and I want to know what the Puritian with the grim look on his face stands for. My guess is he's thinking "Your death is tragic, and I regret you had to die, no one in God's hands should die. But You made it come to this."
What ords would you use to describe the Puritan's meaning?