Salem News got up close and personal with the recently accused Elizabeth Proctor. Faced with witchcraft‚ hanging like a noose around her neck‚ and the attempted murder of Abigail Williams‚ here’s what she has to say. Goody Proctor‚ how do you feel about being accused of witchcraft and attempted murder? I am innocent. I was wrongly accused. Do you own any poppets? "I have kept no poppets‚ not since I were a girl"(61) But one was found in your house? That wasn’t mine‚ it was Mary’s. You’ve
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Hong Kong Institute of Education Literature in English III: Poetry Final Paper on The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop Kum Yuen Man‚ Gladys (SID: 11047405) BA (Language Studies – English major) Elizabeth Bishop was born in Massachusetts in 1911 and had a harsh childhood. She lost her parents when she was very young and had to move from place to place to live with her grandparents. However‚ Bishop seldom includes explicit accounts of her personal life in her works. Instead‚ she focuses on her
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I started with one witness and ended with a different one. My first witness was similar to me in that we both struggled in middle school‚ but that is a very common experience. She liked the spirituality of the class but she ended up leaving because she was transfering to another school where this class was not necessary. Carly was my new witness. Carly was interesting to have as a witness because she had already taken the class once. But there is always more to learn. I met Carly between when she
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One day‚ two boys‚ Jamal and Todd‚ went walking through the “Mystery Woods”. No one would ever go into‚ or think about going into those woods. Rumor has it‚ that there was a little boy‚ maybe seven‚ went into the woods and never came out. People sent airplanes and claimed there were pools of blood and trees covered in flies. There were bugs bigger than the rotting bodies that were everywhere! After hearing about this story‚ the boys were DYING to go into the woods‚ so one Saturday… they did‚ and
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Elizabeth Gaskell portrays how easily community could victimize the individual for the reason of being different. In the novel‚ the community exploit witch-hunting as a barrier between themselves and the others who were outsiders. They don’t accept being different. Even Lois expresses a sense of distance‚ “Oh‚ I’m ashamed of my fear as soon as it arises in my mind. But‚ you know‚ her look and color were strange to me when first I came; and she is not christened woman; and they tell stories of Indian
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One of my Elizabeth Gilbert’s favorite sayings: “Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts‚ and you are the slave to your emotions.” You become what you believe you are and this is proved by science and many experiences of international influencers around the world. Affecting other’s emotions is not an easy task. However‚ when it happens and you really put your fingerprint on someone’s emotions‚ this would create a great inspirational story that deserves to be heard. One of my personal experiences
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There comes a point in everyone’s lives where they lose their childhood innocence. This can happen over the course of many years or in as short as a few hours. In Elizabeth Bowen’s short story “A Day in the Dark”‚ Barbie has her innocence ripped away from her in a single afternoon. Filled with dread after her conversation with Miss Banerry‚ Barbie realizes that she can’t retreat back into the safety of her childhood beliefs after experiencing the complexities of the adult world. Bowen is extremely
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this journey of suspension and mystery. To begin with‚ in a small town where Halloween was celebrated‚ lived two beautiful young women; the two girls are named Elizabeth and Fatima. Fatima always believed in myths and monsters while Elizabeth on the other side was a shy speaker and believed monsters do not exist and that her sister was “hallucinating”. One day‚ the girls were ready to trick and treat‚ they went doors to doors collecting bags of candies‚ but there was one house in the woods forbidden
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in the inability to differentiate between danger and safety. There are constantly in fear and this response is expressed in Elizabeth today. Her memory of being abused if she did something that her parents did not like is so much a part of her now that she associates that memory of abuse to all situations where she might do something that someone does not like. That is one of the reasons why she always makes sure that she is allowed to enter a house or eat food that someone offers her. She is afraid
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Elizabeth Bathory has been portrayed over time as one of the most prolific and sadistic serial killers the world has known. She was nicknamed “The Blood Countess”‚ and also “Lady Dracula”. Elizabeth Bathory is reputed to have not only drunk but bathed in the blood of young virgin girls. She is perhaps less well-known only than the infamous Vlad Dracula‚ who was an inspiration for Bram Stoker’s fictional Count Dracula. During the years since Dracula was published‚ the Blood Countess has exercised
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