character." -Danforth- “I have seen marvels in this court. I have seen people choked before my eyes by spirits; i have seen them stuck by pins and slashed by daggers" -Hathorne- how do you know‚ then‚ that you are not a witch? -Giles Corey- They’ll be hangin’ my wife! Francis Nurse- Excellency‚ we have proof for your eyes; God forbid you shut them to it. The girls‚ sir‚ the girls are frauds. -Parris- Beware this man‚ Your Excellency‚ this man is mischief. -Paris- This is a clear attack upon the court
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out and even lie isn’t probably the best situation to be in. Having the devil seem to be in Abigail isn’t what exactly we picture being the happiest person in the play. When Mary Warren says‚ “‘Abby‚ we’ve got to tell. Witchery’s a hanging error‚ a hangin’ like they done in Boston two year ago’” meaning for Abby’s bad behavior they’ll be punishments for her consequences (Miller
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If you were accused of witchcraft and you pleaded guilty you would be spared‚ but ‚ “The Deputy Governor promised hangin’ if they’ll not confess.” This was the same in both the Salem witch trials and McCarthyism‚ as long as they pleaded guilty or offered other targets up for the hunt they would be spared. This is why everyone began accusing anyone they disliked or knew
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Witchery’s a hangin’ error… We must tell the truth‚ Abby! You’ll only be whipped for dancin’‚ and the other things!” (16). One can tell Mary Warren did not want any trouble and planned to tell the truth. Although‚ Abigail had other plans and completely ignored the idea
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this rap keeps getting hotter! -Chorus- The mitchondria’s something every cell needs‚ Breaking down the food and releasin’ energy. There’s a place inside the cell where chemicals are stored‚ the squiggly golgi bodies‚ releasin’ even more. Yo hangin’ in the cell is endoplasmic reticulum‚ synthesizin’ enzymes for respiration‚ and um... If you still think that this rap is whack‚ remember ribosomes making proteins gettin’ jacked! -Chorus- Lookin at the plant cell‚ weird and green two more
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Arthur Miller implements the red herring fallacy to illustrate how people often throw arguments off course by raising an irrelevant issue. During an argument between Putman and Proctor‚ Miller writes‚ “I [Putman] never heard you so worried about society‚ Mr. Proctor. I do not think I saw you at Sabbath meeting since snow flew” (Miller I. 28). Miller shows how Putman effectively derails the conversation‚ preventing the other people from continuing to talk about witchcraft. Miller’s use of the red
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For instance; in act one all the girls are in one room and Mary announces “Abigail‚ we’ve got to tell. Witchery’s a hangin’ error . . .” (1107). In an instance Abigail threatens any girl that breathes a word about what they did in the woods will be harmed severely. Then again in act two‚ after Mary gets home from being at the court all day and tells the Proctor’s what
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who the hell drinks apple juice in may. Then it hit me‚ instead of reaching just climb the goddamn thing‚ so I climbed my way up and made it to the top. All that time wasted trying to reach it I could of climbed for god sake. After eating some and hangin on the wall a bit it was time to go but the dam thing was too high off the ground. The ground looked like the a new york city street from a 100 story building I swear to god. So i thought screw it might as well go for it. I lept off and all but it
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in trouble for dancing in the woods. Fear of being accused of witchery caused the town’s people to not stand up to the madness. It got so crazy to the point where people were being hanged. Elizabeth Proctor said this. “The Deputy Governor promises hangin’ if they’ll not confess‚ John. The towns gone wild‚ I think.”(Miller 162). In the 1950’s Joseph McCarthy‚ like Abigail Williams became a witch hunter‚ He accused people of being communist. He spurred an era of fear called the Red Scare. People
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Ashton Schaefer English 11 11/27/12 Crucible essay Between February 1692 and may 1693 there were a series of hangings because of people accused of witchcraft in Salem Massachusetts. I think Abigail is the guiltiest person in the Crucible because she had an affair with John Proctor and tried to kill his wife. Abigail convinced a lot of people that witchcraft was real or intimidated them into going along with it. She also convinced the girls and herself to send many to their deaths.
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