Famous Quotes and Quotations from the plays of William Shakespeare Shakespearean quotations such as "To be‚ or not to be" and "O Romeo‚ Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?" form some of literature’s most celebrated lines and if asked to recite one of William Shakespeare’s most famous quotes or quotations the majority of people would choose one of these. However‚ many expressions that we use every day originated in William Shakespeare’s plays. We use the Bard’s words all of the time in everyday speech
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"Virtue is choked with foul ambition" William Shakespeare "Virtue is choked with foul ambition..." What does it mean? What was the famous William Shakespeare trying to accomplish with this quote? What was in his mind at this time? How can this quote help us? Who was this quote addressed to? Who can explain more about this quote? During this essay I will try to answer these questions‚ I want to know more about this. "Virtue is choked with foul ambition..." But what is a virtue
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Abigail Williams from the play‚ The Crucible‚ is a vicious antagonist .She would stop at nothing to attain her demented goals. In another writer’s hands‚ Abby could have been portrayed in a sympathetic light. After all‚ she is under age and has been sleeping with a supposedly honorable man thirteen years her senior. Arthur Miller‚ however‚ finds little humanity within her. Throughout the play‚ Proctor labels her a “harlot” and a “whore.” And perhaps Miller isn’t far off. According to the playwright’s
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that occurred in Salem and their impact on their society. In the play‚ Abigail Williams is dismissed as the servant of the Proctors due to her affair with the husband‚ John. Proctor wants to move on after the affair as he states‚ ‘I may think of you softly from time to time‚ but I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again (1270)”. This shows that he loves his wife which incites a feeling of vengeance inside Abigail‚ which proves to play a crucial role in the events that occur later
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a series on witch trials occur that creates mass hysteria in the town of Salem‚ Massachusetts. Abigail Williams‚ one of the main characters‚ fabricates the lies that begin the witch hunt in her attempt to divert everyone’s attention towards her including the attention of John Proctor. In the play‚ Proctor has an affair with young Abigail while his wife goes through postpartum depression causing Abigail to fall in love with him but John returns to his wife Elizabeth. While Elizabeth Proctor barely
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presented in the crucible revels that those who are in power create the truth in Salem and those who are powerless lived in fear. The young girls of Salem had the most power to whom was being put to death over actuations of doing witchcraft. Abigail Williams would end up taking 19 people live off of actuations‚ more importantly all of these innocent people was killed without any evidence that they was doing anything of any short In the crucible Danforth is a figure of justice‚ however he is very
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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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AbiThesis- Abigail Williams used her manipulative skills to get her way and create hysteria in the town of Salem. 1. Why did Abigail flee Salem? She knows soon she will be questioned for the death of Goody Nurse and John 2. Why does Abigail admit to witchcraft? She knows she can get rid of her enemies by blaming them for witchcraft too 3. How is Abigail a hypocrite? She says she loves god in act 1 but she fuels the witch trials and is seen like a devil-like character 4. Why
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A lie is an intentionally false statement to a person or group made by another person or group who knows it is not the truth. The practice of communicating lies is lying‚ and a person who communicates lie may be termed a liar. Generally the term “lie” carries a negative connotation. In certain situations‚ however lying is permitted‚ expected‚ or even encouraged. Because believing and acting on false information can have serious consequences. Due to research‚ lies can be divided into 34 categories
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Elizabeth Parris‚ and a 11 year old Abigail Williams began exhibiting strange behaviour. Elizabeth was the daughter of Samuel Parris‚ an ordained minister and Abigail was the niece. The two started making odd sounds‚ and screaming. Contorting their bodies and throwing objects. Elizabeth and Abigail said that an individual being was biting and pinching them. An 11 year old girl named‚ Ann Putnam and other girls in Salem began acting similarly to Elizabeth and Abigail. Their behaviour was attributed to
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