Mary Warren tells Elizabeth and Proctor‚ “He sentenced her. He must. But not Sarah Good. For Sarah Good confessed‚ y’see” (Miller 28). The women that were willing to stand with their faith and keep their decency hung‚ which they believed was a better option than
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Putnams‚ John Proctor‚ Hale) Act II Questions: 7. What is learned of the relationship between Elizabeth and John from the opening dialogue and stage action of Act 2? 8. What is learned of the action antecedent to this part of the play through Mary Warren? What are Elizabeth’s suspicions regarding Abigail? 9. What does John agree to do regarding Elizabeth’s suspicion and suggestion? The agreement prepares the way for the deleted scene in the appendix. What are the effects of including the deleted
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The Crucible is about this group of teenage girls caught conjuring spirits ‚ dancing naked and and making potions in the woods. Reverend Parris finds them. Ruth Putman is trying to talk too the spirits of her dead siblings too find out why they died ‚ at the request of her mother. Abby Williams is trying to make a potion to kill Elizabeth‚ John Proctors wife‚ because Abby had an affair with John and now wants to have him to herself. Tituba ‚is who Ruth goes to about speaking to her siblings. After
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Slim was born in Mexico City‚ Mexico in 1940 to Christian parents‚ Julián Slim Haddad and Linda Helú‚ both of Lebanese descent. Linda Helú was born in Parral‚ Chihuahua‚ of Lebanese parents who had immigrated to Mexico in the late 19th century. His father immigrated to Mexico at the age of 14 in 1902 and changed his first name to Julián. In 1911‚ Julián established a dry goods store‚ La Estrella del Oriente (The Star of the Orient). By 1921‚ he had purchased real estate in the flourishing commercial
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He admitted the truth about Abigail and his past relationship with her when Elizabeth is imprisoned‚ but it was overlooked when Abigail tried to place the blame on Mary Warren. The court believed Abigail’s word because of her authority as crucial evidence to the witch trials. She kept denying her acts of fraud‚ even when Mary Warren confessed the truth and Proctor revealed his affair with her. If Proctor had told Hale about Abigail’s lie beforehand‚ she wouldn’t have any power to cast doubt on Elizabeth
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Political courage is something that has been around. Kennedy (1955) said that "The founding fathers could not have envisioned service in the Senate as providing an opportunity for political courage." (p. 23.). This statement from hi defines that the creating of our government has given an opportunity for people brave enough to express political courage. Herbert Brownell was a Nebraskan born that went on to be the attorney general for the United States of America for four years‚ and he is an example
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Who was Mary Warren which claims that the girls where all acting. But because of Danforth’s unruly accusations against her‚ Mary then submit and in turn accuses Procter of being the devils man. Even when it becomes clear that the allega-tions of witchcraft are completely
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BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION: IS SEGREGATION BETWEEN COLORED AND WHITE CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS CONSTITUTIONAL? Introduction The Enlightenment served as the foundation of “every aspect in colonial America‚ most notably in terms of politics‚ government‚ religion‚ [and education].”1 All aspects of life stem from the “concepts of freedom of oppression‚ natural rights‚ and new ways of thinking.”2 The central ideas of the Enlightenment‚ including John Locke’s Natural Rights theory‚ served as the basis
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counterpart is a jezebel figure. A jezebel figure is commonly associated with a woman who is regarded as evil and scheming. Abigail’s evil can be seen through her interactions with the other women of the play. For example‚ she threatens Betty and Mary Warren by saying‚ “Let either of you breathe a word‚ or the edge of a word about the other things and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and i will a pointy reckoning that will shudder you” (The Crucible‚ Act 1). In addition she is scheming
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In The Crucible‚ Miller demonstrated that it was Abigail’s flaws of lust‚ dishonesty‚ and temper that led her to be the most responsible for the tragedy of the witch-hunt in Salem. Throughout the play Abigail displayed these three flaws towards other characters by threating‚ lying and showing affection. I believe that Abigail is most at fault because she is the one who started all the chaos in Salem by telling a little white lie that later led more and more lies along the way. Abigail displays lust
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