and the power of suggestion. At the end of Act I, the accusations have begun. The first to point their finger is Abigail Williams. Her posse followed her lead and started spitting out names. If an individual is intimidating enough or have enough influence, they could make a change. Whether that decision or action is for the greater good or for evil is up to the leader of the pack. Abigail in this case is the leader and scares the other girls a little due to the experience she had with the death of
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daughter Elizabeth Parris and the niece Abigail Williams of the minister of salem village randomly started having screaming and violent outbursts. The doctor diagnosed them with being controlled by witches. After they have been diagnosed other females started mimicking the same symptoms that the two girls had. The young girls accused a caribbean slave, Tituba, and other women of using witch spells on them. Years latter it was revealed they were lying, and Abigail Williams were the mastermind behind the
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a few flaws; one of them that really hurt him was his pride. That flaw would make him go through a series of events that would soon lead up to his hanging. Proctor’s internal pride was lost when he had a affair with Abigail. Proctor's life is completely turned upside down when Abigail accused his wife who was then sent to jail, and almost executed. A Tragic hero is when he or she has a complete reversal of fortune brought by the hero's own flaw. At the end of every tragic play, the audience must
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The American Revolution fundamentally changed the American Society from 1775 to 1800. There were certain areas of political, social, and economical effects of the Revolution. Americans attempted to change how they wanted to govern their society after getting away from what they viewed as a corrupt government. However, they did not experience a great deal of change although, some of the ideals of the revolution gave people ideas. Women and slaves experienced a change in society as women gained increased
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Abigail Salmon, Susie’s mother, had cheated on Mr. Salmon after Susie’s death as a form of coping. This affair led to a separation between Mr. and Mrs. Salmon, which seems to be a recurring theme in families anymore. While Abigail Salmon reached out to another man, Mr. Salmon stayed to himself, causing him to focus too much on the death of his oldest child, and forget
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When he is in court, testifying against Abigail for , he states “ She thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave. And well she might, for I thought of her softly. God help me, I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweat. But it is a whore’s vengeance.” By stating this, John admits to his affair, showing his honesty. Through his openness, he is able to argue that Abigail is not a child, so she could very well could have lied to seek vengeance, showing
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First, there is old Giles Corey whose admirable traits of being naïve inadvertently caused him to harm his wife, Martha Corey. Secondly, Elizabeth Proctor’s selfless wish to protect her husband’s reputation resulted in his ruined chance to prove Abigail as a whore. This proves that innocent traits can cause well-meaning people to harm others accidentally. Old Gile’s simple innocence accidentally brought harm to his wife, Martha Corey. When Reverend Hale comes to town, Giles decides to tell him
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Crucible paper Throughout time and history man has always fear what differs from itself. Whether it be skin color, sexual orientation or religious beliefs; we’ve hunted that which is different from us. In today’s day we’d like to think we have grown pass these urges, but unfortunately we almost certainly do the same thing we did during the Salem witch trials in the 1600’s just minus the hangings (sometimes), and that’s what I’ll be discussing today by comparing events from the past 150 years to
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demonstrates her suspicion of John and where he has been. After a short time, John goes on to tell her about how he was alone with Abigail and Elizabeth hardly responded with a sentence. “John, if it were not Abigail that you must go to hurt, would you falter now? I think not” said Elizabeth. Elizabeth as though, John won’t go to Salem because he might be trying to save Abigail. In addition to Elizabeth’s suspicion, she says, “John, you are not open with me.” Elizabeth seems as though she is on edge with
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It is very riveting that Sara Parteskt includes the past with journal entries written by Abigail Grieller that date back to the 1850’s. “I laughed at myself, a shade hysteric for I had even forgotten that I am no longer Abigail Comfort Edwards but Abigail Grieller, a married lady, mother of a baby boy and of my precious lamb who lies with Jesus.” (264) this is a part of one of her many entries throughout the book. This
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