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Mary Surrat's Punishment Analysis
Mary Surrat’s Punishment Mary Surrat stood on the pavilion. A trap door below her feet, and strong knotted rope around her neck. Around her, other criminals with severe crimes that put them the same fate Mary is going to have. The trap door flew open and Mrs. Surrat fell too her death.
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