Many people believe or think that we are one or the other- vice or virtue. But why is that? Do you come to think to question yourself that you’re either a good or bad person for possibly the littlest thing? Think about it. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams is the most despicable character because she obtains a power by starting to accuse innocent people of witchcraft, was involved in lechery with John Proctor, and ran away with her uncle’s money that she stole from a safe. To
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change the way they think or act. Elizabeth Proctor experiences this sort of change throughout Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible. She is very cold when we first see her in the play and changes to be much more open by the end. Moments when she changes happen all throughout the play, but a majority of it is not shown until act 4. However, she does have a few specific moments where you can really see the change in her character. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Elizabeth Proctor changes from being very
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Truth and Lies How can one’s reputation affect his or her decisions? Reputations decide whether or not one is accepted or denied within the community. With reputation, comes a great responsibility, the responsibility of maintaining that reputation through actions of right and wrong. One’s actions can overall result in a truthful representation of one's reputation, or the falsity behind one's lies. In the tragedy, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, reputation motivates one's actions, whether right or
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Judge Dee lived during the Tang dynasty and was a favorite of Empress Wu Zetian. He was famous for being a just magistrate, and was popular amongst the people. The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee translated by Robert Van Gulik takes us on a journey to see how he used Confucian and legalist principles to assist him in solving three mysteries: The Case of the Double Murder at Dawn, The Case of the Strange Corpse, and the Case of the Poisoned Bride. Judge Dee was a good magistrate who successfully upheld
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to John for his actions when it was not his fault because the problem did not start there. In the final act, Elizabeth is talking with John as the last person to break through and get him to confess. A turn of events allows Elizabeth to confess herself to John saying, “Suspicion kissed you when I did. I never knew how I should say my love. It were a could house I kept” (138). What Elizabeth is trying to explain is that she did not express her love to John when she had the chance to. She was distant
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that these characters go through which helps us seem them as raw and unperfect people. Through these effects he establishes the foundations of The Crucible: courage, truth , and weakness which are represented by many characters throughout the play. Elizabeth Proctor, one of the plays most important characters, resembles truth like no other in the play. The part where she reveals her honesty and character is when she is called in front of the court to testify against Abigail Williams for comiting adultery
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To compare The Crucible book and movie, you first need to understand the what it's about. It's a story that relates to the salem witch trial where people were killed because they were accused of witchcraft, where a lot of innocent people were killed.The book goes into more detail about it so you can imagine it whereas the movie does not. There were a few differences in scenes which will be explained. At the beginning, the book goes straight to Betty being sick in bed with everyone around her
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I will be responding to what Libby Weimer said, “Act Three felt like it solely focused on Abigail and her maniacal doings, but then she just vanishes all of a sudden in Act Four? I was kind of disappointed that Arthur Miller didn't put more detail into Abigail leaving, as she was an important character throughout the acts. The only thing in Act Four that gave us a clue on where Abigail went is when Parris told Danforth and Hawthorne she was gone. "Excellency, I think they be aboard a ship. My daughter
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continued to grow until Elizabeth Proctor dismissed Abigail from their service. Proctor felt ashamed for his sin and sought to undo the wrong doings by trying his best to make amends. Abigail still had feelings for Proctor and would try her best to get rid of Elizabeth, even if it meant breaking a couple of god’s laws. Abigail began her campaign against Goody Proctor by going into the forest near the night and danced naked with her friends to cast a curse to harm her. If Elizabeth were to die, then
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Lizzie borden killed both of her parents. There are some reasons why. Reason one is that she burned evidence, reason two is she lied to the police about where she was, and reason three is she lied about geting fishing equipment from the barn. In this essay is the reasons why lizzie is guilty for killing her parents. The first reason is that she had burned a dress that was supposed to be evidence. In Lizzie Borden An Account pg 4. paragraph 7 “Russell told grand jurors that she had witnessed Lizzie
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