Trepidation, or fear is an enormous emotional contributor to why people conform in society, for they may not want to cause any trouble or have their reputation ruined. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, fear is definitely relevant amongst the people in Salem. The girls that are in Abigail’s group have to always obey her with every order she gives them, or they would be on her bad side, which is a big deal. Betty tells Abby that, “[she] drank blood, Abby! [She] didn’t tell him that!” Abby responds to
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when you leaped out of the bushes suddenly, Betty was frightened and the she fainted. And there’s the whole of it.”(Miller page 1130). Abigail lies to her uncle because what she really did in the woods was drink blood to kill Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail wants to kill Elizabeth because she has had an affair with Elizabeth’s husband John Proctor so she can be with him. In fear of getting in trouble for what she did Abigail threatens the other girls that where with her in the woods if they don’t support
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How the contrast between two characters highlights one another's character traits Re: Abigail & Elizabeth Elizabeth and Abigail are the epitomai of foils in The Crucible. Abigail represents evil and duplicity while Elizabeth represents naivety and truth. These two characters highlight one another's traits in the result of the contrast of personality between the two. Abigail serves as a representation of all things evil, sly, and treacherous. Almost everything that can be heard from her mouth is
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Merricat is a frightening character in Shirley Jackson’s novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle. She is not the typical eighteen year old. Although her actions throughout the novel may seem childish and immature, at the same time she is quite intelligent. She is someone frequently thinks of hurting and murdering the villagers. At her age, she already plotted the murder of more than half of her family. She is highly obsessive with her surroundings and conscious of other people’s thoughts of her
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In The Ministers Black Veil, Mr. Hooper is a minister and he wear a black veil but the congregation has no idea why. He refuses to tell anyone why he's wearing it, and the townsfolk begin to think less of him because of it. In The Minister’s Black Veil Hawthorne hides the face of a single character and creates the impression that the exposed faces of all the other characters are actually masked. Throughout the story the towns people and the audience reading the story wonder whether Mr. Hooper is
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People all over the world has probably experienced or seen someone or something change at least once in their life. Change is to make the form of nature, content, and or future of different types of transformations. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller each of the characters of John Proctor, Hale, and Parris change from the beginning of to the end of the play. Proctor becomes more honest, Hale becomes more skeptical is mission, and Parris finds himself some shred of humanity. These three characters
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The Famous Murder Trial’s Killer Discovered Lizzie Borden’s trial was one of most mysterious and famous murder trials in 1900’s. This murder of Andrew Borden and his wife took place in the Borden’s house on the 4th of August, 1892 in the city called Fall River, Massachusetts. The Borden’s house consisted of Andrew Borden and his second wife, Abby, his two daughters, Lizzie and Emma, and a housemaid Bridget Sullivan. About a week after the crime Lizzie was arrested for her father’s and stepmother’s
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In the crucible, John Proctor had to give up something important for his principle, and that principle is his pride. When John was being begged to confess to witchcraft, his wife, Elizabeth Proctor convinced him to confess. He finally did, everyone was overjoyed that he confessed right before the sun rose, and had him sign a paper. That was until Cheever said this confession will be posted on the church for all of Salem to see that he confessed. Immediately, John took the paper and started begging
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especially in the puritan religion and during that time period, he was very in-tune with himself enough to know what he stands for. In the eyes of god, and his wife Elizabeth, he thinks he is permanately damaged for his affair with Abigail Williams. John Proctor lacks the ability to forgive even himself for what he did. Elizabeth, John's wife is very resentful towards John throughout the play because it has become difficult for her to trust him again, let alone forgive him. John Proctor hides away
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Lizzie Borden was born on July 19, 1816 in Fall River, Massachusetts. She had a sister Emma and they both lived with their father, Andrew Borden, and their step mother, Abby Durfee Gray Borden. After the birth of Lizzie, her mother Sarah Borden died of spinal disease and urinal congestion. Andrew got remarried three years later. Her father was very successful in manufacturing and real estates to support Abby and his two daughters. The relationship that the two sisters had between Abby wasn’t close
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