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“Upon a Spider Catching a Fly” by Edward Taylor is a poem of a short story where a spider catches a fly. ... In “Upon a Spider Catching a Fly” Taylor uses Puritan views, nature, and the struggle of good versus evil to teach Puritans God and his ways.
Taylor reflects upon his Puritan views several times in his poem in attempt to reveal God to the Puritans. ... He is also asking God’s mercy upon believers to let them know what to do to allow them to be of the elect. ... Through objects in nature-a spider, wasp and fly, Taylor reveals his view of his religious beliefs. ... The struggle between the stronger being eating the weaker being is pointless because in revenge everyone can lose, the spider as well as the fly. ... The spider is the evil in the poem who is the temptress and killer.
Approximate Word count = 681
Approximate Pages = 2.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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