Aye‚ you know my life will be casted away. They have taken my soul away but they must leave you safe and the children. We will unite again‚ in heaven‚ if God exists. My sins will be perennial and I know God may send me to hell unless forgiveness shall come to thee. My choice is my own‚ I will not be doubted anymore. Clear your judgment. You know I want my life. But you surely know man will not give away his good name and reputation. Without these‚ it is living a life as a treacherous traitor that
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Abigail Williams is a deranged character throughout the play. Towards the end she gets even worse. It all starts out because she’s in love with John Proctor from whom she had an affair with. She does everything she does to try to get John to be with her. One night when Tituba and the other girls went out in the woods to dance around a fire Abby brought a chicken. She drank the chicken’s blood and sacrificed it into the fire in hope that Elizabeth proctor would die. When Betty wouldn’t wake up from
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chaos to indulge their own selfish desires which is often fuelled with hatred and revenge. Abigail Williams‚ the villain of the play ‘The crucible’ lies and manipulates the entire town of Salem sending nineteen innocent people to their deaths. William’s longing for power and love overtakes her conscience and ability to respond humanely‚ hence‚ it defines her true character. Armed with roving ambition‚ Abigail Williams tore down the very fabric that constituted humanity causing the destruction of Salem
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Neel Parikh English11 7/8 Victorero-Mongone 10th‚ May 2013 Psychological Evaluation of Abigail Williams When people hear the term psychological disorder‚ they usually think of someone who might have gone crazy or are on the verge of losing their mind. That is not always true however as‚ some of those diseases are pretty severe and whereas others that are not too harsh. A prime example of this would be the movie A Beautiful Mind where John Nash was having false imaginations of things including agents
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Characterisation: Abigail Williams The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller‚ and is set in the fiercely Puritan Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. Abigail Williams‚ above all else‚ is the least complex. As the antagonist of the play‚ she’s dominant and clearly puts herself out there as the opposition. Abigail is 17-year-old niece of Reverend Parris. She is unmarried‚ and an orphan‚ meaning her position on the social ladder is fairly low. Abigail Williams is a young lady with a vicious
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which can make him cave in‚ and do things he is not proud of‚ leading him to his fate. “Courage without conscience is a wild beast” by Robert Green Ingersoll‚ describes that doing things without your conscience could get you harmed in the process. Pi demonstrates in the novel the necessary skills needed for survival‚ which were bestowed upon him as he listened to his conscience. Pi’s conscience prevented him from experiencing‚ or engaging in savagery‚ guiding him to make decisions‚ and made him do
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when you don’t study!” I was frustrated that she accused me of not studying. Accusations are exactly what occurred in the play The Crucible and the article “The West Memphis Three.” False accusations lead to danger in both instances. In the play‚ The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams and the Putnam family accuse many who are innocent of the crime of witchery. Abigail wants to have John Proctor all to herself‚ so she accuses his wife of sending her spirit out to stab her. This false accusation leads
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Other intentions The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ is a play based on events that took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1692. During this time period‚ many people were being falsely accused of witchcraft and being in association with the devil. In this play‚ Miller introduces a character named Abigail Williams‚ who starts to lie and accuse innocent people to cover up her own sins such as an affair with an older‚ married man‚ or dancing in the forest. Abigail has the constant need for power‚
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anything to against the conscience‚ even if the state demands it." This quote is from Albert Einstein. In this quote‚ Albert Einstein tells us what a normal person should do when faced with a moral dilemma. What people do is often the opposite of what their conscience tells them to do. " The Sniper" by O’ Flaherty and "War" by Timothy Findley are both good examples of this. The two stories both show that war brings people pain because it forces them to contradict their consciences and feelings. "The
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until I met him‚ he is sporting to think that he doesn’t love me‚ he sweats like a stallion whenever I’m near‚ I’ll wait for him every night as he keeps me awake for dreaming he is the one who put knowledge in my heart. All I want is to be goody Abigail. I want to take care of him‚ I want to love him and I want to make John happy. Elizabeth is no goodly woman! It was she who sent me out‚ it was she who gave my name a bad reputation. The whole world is full of hypocrites It will need God Himself
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