mother, no father, and she didn't have many friends. The only person that she could really connect with was her cousin Betty. When Abigail received affection from John Proctor, it was the biggest thing that had ever happened to her. She was so nonchalant, she didn't even realize it wasn't real love. After that, she went strait crazy. John told Abigail that he had a wife and that he had absolutely no feelings for her. “No, no, Abby. That’s done with”(22). Abigail did not hear this because she didn't
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September 22, 1776 ". . .In defence of the freedom that is our birthright. . .we have taken up arms. We shall lay them down when hostilities shall cease on the part of the agressors, and all danger of their being renewed shall be removed, and not before." John Hancock, In his pamphlet, Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of taking up Arms, July 6, 1775. From Revolution to Reconstruction "The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, New Englanders are no more. I AM NOT A VIRGINIAN
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“virtue”, “virtuous”, “ordeal”, coming from religious discourse, which shows the absurdity of the situation, when monarch is perceived as God and worshiped. Here parallels with “The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come” by John Bunyan are quite evident. It is a well-known fact that Thackeray borrowed the name of his novel from the
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Wife of U.S. diplomat and later second president John Adams, Abigail Adams, writes in her letter to her son John Quincy Adams how he has everything he needs in order to become a respected and honorable man. Adams’ purpose is to convince her son that he has the potential to become a hero to the nation. She adopts a maternal tone in encourage her son through the use of supportive diction, clear-cut comparisons, and expressive pathos. Adams begins her letter with the use of supportive diction. By using
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outside forces. Abigail's parents death had a major impact "I saw Indians smash my dear parents' heads on the pillow next to mine,…" (Miller 19) With seeing the death of her parents not only left her scared and angry towards the Indians but the world as well for leaving her an orphan. With no father or mother figure in her life she did not have much love as child therefore she found it somewhere with someone else being John Proctor
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come and hurt them in the middle of the night. She starts “seeing the devil” frequently, but really she’s just trying to get out of the situation that she’s in and accuse anyone of witchcraft, she also accused Goody Proctor of witchcraft just to have John to herself. When she had the conversation with Proctor about their affair,
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of their personality. In The Crucible, Miller, Arthur. John Proctor, the play’s tragic hero and a man that lived during the Salem witch trials of 1632 through 1962, is a farmer and tavern keeper living in Massachusetts. John Proctor, known to be an honest, upright, and blunt spoken man is a kind soul that lacks the intention of forgiving his evil sin of adultery with Abigail Williams. Trapped in an unbreakable belief due to his affair, John Proctor believes he damaged the relationship with not only
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is to blame for the trials because of her deep love for John, her horrible childhood, and her unstoppable drive to protect herself. Throughout the play, Abigail’s lies and accusations caused a great number of people pain and suffering, although she never seemed to care about any of them except for the man she had an affair with prior to the play, John Proctor. Elizabeth, John’s wife, eventually found out about the affair being had and John expressed to Abigail the affair was to be ended. Although
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this, if anyone breathe a word or the edge of a word about the other things, I will come to you in the black of some terrible night, and I will bring with me a pointy reckoning that will shudder you! And you know I can do it. I saw Indians smash my dear parents' heads on the pillow next to mine. And I have seen some reddish work done at night. And I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!” When it came down to the questioning of what happened
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March 1st, 2013 Patrick Smith, Hiring Manager Advantage DataSystems Burnaby, BC Dear Mr. Smith, This letter is to express my interest in the recent job posting found on bestjobca.com. I am applying for the Marketing/Graphic Designer position at Advantage DataSystems. This job advertisement caught my attention because the auto parts industry is a business that both captures my interest and happens to be a hobby of mine as restoring vintage automobiles is something I enjoy doing in my spare
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