Wow!! Look what we have here. I think it’s crazy how Abigail did things and tired to lie about it. She blame it on everyone like she wasn’t quality and her group of friends falsely accused innocent citizens of witchcraft. She was trying to harm a lot of people when the community was the type of community that always be there for each other. Abigail is a very evil girl. In the beginning of the story on page 1130 Miller explains that Abigail was in the forest dancing with a group of girls
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Laws of Plymouth Colony In the article about laws of Plymouth Colony, the Puritans settled from the native England to the US, immigrated to begin with the new world – civilization. In the new world, I believe the role of the leader was the role model of keeping and maintaining simple life and separation from the world for Puritan societies. What it means to be a Puritan, and how its Puritans lived. The article was written between 1632 and 1682 about the laws about Puritans and a way of life from
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Everything you do is a choice and every choice has a consequence. The consequence might not affect you directly but your choice will always have an impact on someone's life. Thirteen Reasons Why is a book based on tapes a high schooler, Hannah, taped on the 13 reasons why she killed herself. There are many choices these people could have made in the book that might have had a different outcome for Hannah. It goes from just taking the most simple things away as a nice note someone left you or taking
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After reading the short story, I would have never concluded that everything that happened was a dream. I concluded this from a statement. It states,” Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest, and only dreamed a wild dream of witch-meeting. I don’t understand why the story starts out with Goodman Brown leaving Faith. Why does the author want get rid of Faith so quickly? It states,” he had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the
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a name game to save yourself you say someone else’s name. Although Rev. Hale possess heroic qualities the true hero in Arthur Miller's play is John Proctor. Rev. Hale is a Noble Brave man but cannot be considered a true hero. Rev. Hale arrived at Salem to try and get rid of witchcraft. Witchcraft is when someone talks to the devil and then blames someone for doing something they didn’t really do. “This
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Playwright Arthur Miller uses The Crucible to exhibit the theme of protectiveness of one’s reputation and self-image through his character John Proctor. In the play, John Proctors battle to be morally right and his affair with Abigail Williams essentially caused him a great deal of confusion. Proctor ultimately confessed, but was too enveloped in his pride so he refused to have his confession hung up on the church doors. His own refusal to let the reputation he built go to waste is what caused his
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with muscle, canny, inquisitive, and still powerful” (Miller 1141). When this outspokenness is paired with his mindless speaking, the unintended consequences that occurred were quite serious due to the fact of the mass witchcraft hysteria going on in Salem at the time. A glaring example of one of the unintended consequences as a result of Giles’ foolish speaking can be revealed in act I when Giles states, “It discomfits me! Last night—mark this—I tried and tried and could not say my prayers. And then
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In the book, and play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, there is tragic elements such as a tragic hero.The tragic hero in this story is John Proctor. This is because John displays all the qualities of being a tragic hero, such as a tragic flaw. Tragic heroes are supposed to arouse pity and fear in the reader or audience. John Proctor shows all qualities which are: mighty figure, reversal of fortune, Uncommon suffering, recognizes the consequences of his actions, and his plight ennobles the
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Divya Kumar Mr. Kirley ENG3U1-05 November.11.2015. The Crucible: Is John Proctor truly a tragic hero? A tragic hero is a person with admirable qualities yet they have a tragic flaw that leads them to their downfall. In Miller’s play “The Crucible,” the protagonist, John Proctor, is a tragic hero known for his good reputation yet commits adultery with Abigail thus making it a tragic flaw that leads to his death. John Proctor is a tragic hero because he
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Tateh greatly influenced the identity of Ruth through his unrighteous controlling acts and moral beliefs. Tateh was the father of Ruth, whom originally married Mameh in intentions to bring himself to America. As a man of greed and of complete selfishness, he caused great damage to Ruth’s esteem and general view of herself, which later trailed off to affect the esteem of Mameh as well as Sams'. Causing such great damage to many of his close ones, ultimately lead to their own independent removal of
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