Do you think that Abigail Williams was chiefly responsible for the Salem witch trials? If not who else was to blame? Life in Salem was very restrictive for any one‚ any variations of having fun were a sign of the devils work‚ like dancing. So the villagers were very serious in all matters. For example if verbal threats or curses came true‚ it was seen as the devils influence. They also had a wearied way of judging people. If somebody confessed to seeing the devil and wanted to be blessed by God
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Thank You Letter to a Teacher or Coach--EXAMPLE Janice Jones Rural Route 67 Saugus‚ Ca 91611 September 9‚ 2010 Ms. Gloria Smithson Hudson’s Bay High School 1601 E Reserve Street Vancouver‚ WA 98663 Dear Ms. Smithson: We greatly appreciate the special attention you have given our son‚ Jason‚ this past semester. The effect you have had on him is tremendous! His grades‚ as well as his self-esteem‚ have shown great improvement! As you well know‚ Jason was having much difficulty
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Dear Diary‚ Well‚ he used it. You remember the thing I told you about‚ how there was no way that John would tell the court about our affair to save his wife? Well he did‚ and I almost did a backflip. I didn’t know what I would do‚ so I did what I had to. I lied to the court with a blank face‚ and denied the accusation with everything I had. I became indignant with the judge‚ and he decided that he would ask Elizabeth about why I was fired from her house. Neither John or myself was allowed
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Sai Vemulapalli 06/20/2013 Business Letter 405 University place‚ Syracuse‚ NY 13210 June 20‚ 2013 Ms. Colleen Kepler Dept. of L.L.L 340 H.B.C‚ Syracuse University‚ Syracuse‚ NY 13244 Dear Ms. Kepler: My name is Sai Vemulapalli‚ and I am an undergraduate‚ sophomore student at Syracuse University pursuing an Architecture major and a Psychology minor. I am an international student from India. I am writing to apply for the peer counseling job for the English 211 course. I am interested in the
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there are many ways to indirectly convey or foreshadow events‚ settings‚ and situations. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter uses a great deal of literary devices and techniques in order to effectively lead the reader towards his viewpoint and‚ finally‚ towards his purpose. The sin of adultery‚ which acts as the base and impetus for much of the plot in The Scarlet Letter‚ affects Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth the most; however‚ each of the preceding is affected differently
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Adam Smith (baptized June 5‚ 1723 O.S. / June 16 N.S. July 17‚ 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneering political economist. One of the key figures of the intellectual movement known as the Scottish Enlightenment‚ he is known primarily as the author of two treatises: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)‚ and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). The latter was one of the earliest attempts to systematically study the historical development of industry
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John Quincy Adams was born on July 11‚ 1767‚ in Braintree‚ Massachusetts. He is the oldest son of all the children that John Adams‚ the second United States President‚ and Abigail Adams had. He traveled to France with his father at the age of 10. He received training in the diplomatic corps and went to school when he was 14 years old. Adams accompanied diplomat Francis Dana to Russia‚ serving as his secretary and translator in the year of 1781. He then traveled to Paris as his father’s secretary
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March 24‚ 2012 William M. Welch USA TODAY 7950 Jones Branch Drive McLean‚ VA 22108-0605 Dear Editor: Thank you for taking your time to read this letter. I have recently read your article November 30‚ 2006‚ “Some Say Cop Videos Misleading.” I totally agree with you that some cops are being aggressive‚ mistreating and physically abusive toward some people that are misbehaving or breaking the laws. As you can imagine most people grew up believing that cops are meant to capture the
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John Adams: Join or Die The title of the show I watched was Join or Die‚ a part of the John Adams series shown on HBO in 2008. The director of this series was Tom Hooper‚ who won an Emmy Award in 2006 for his directing of another miniseries. The major stars of Join or Die in the John Adams series were: Paul Giamatti (playing John Adams)‚ Laura Linney (playing Abigail Adams)‚ and Danny Huston (playing Samuel Adams). This series gives insight into John Adams’ life in a modern perspective. In the
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suggestions will prove to be of some assistance. Once again‚ I would like you to regard these problems to assure that there will be more customers going to your restaurant in the future. Yours faithfully‚ thocon Dear thocon‚ Thank you for your letter giving opinions about our service. First‚ I would like to apologize for our shortcomings. However‚ I hope you understand that these are due to lack of deficient preparation for the staff. As you know‚ we need more time to recruit and train the high
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