John Chabala‚ Period 5‚ La 11H 12-19-14 Abigail Williams Author Millers play The Crucible. A small town in Massachusetts (in 1692) had a horrific event over a huge witch trial where over 24 people were killed; this eventually became known as the famous “Salem Witch Trials‚” the person who started the horrifying event was named Abigail Williams. As one of the main characters in the play‚ she is a very attractive young lady. However‚ her outwards personality seems to be bitter‚ spiteful and vengeful
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Machiavelli/Macbeth Essay In The Prince by Machiavelli he describes three different ways that a Prince can acquire the throne; these include good fortune‚ merit‚ and crime. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare the reader can conclude that Macbeth obtained the throne through crime only. He does this by influence from the three evil witches‚ betraying his loyal king‚ and setting up the guards. To begin with‚ in Macbeth three witches come to visit Macbeth and Banquo. Well they are there they inform
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William Gerald Golding published his first book in 1954 at the age of forty-three. He had a late start‚ but that did not hinder his writing ability. Golding grew up in Cornwall‚ England and joined the British Royal Navy at the age of thirty-nine. Consequently‚ he was in World War II and witnessed the D-Day invasion at Normandy‚ which destroyed his optimism and scarred him for life. William Golding was a well achieved and admired person in British literature‚ and his life experiences‚ including
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not hear the defense testimony‚ as the judge declared that all of the defense testimony on the Bible was irrelevant‚ and the jury should not be allowed to hear it. The judge declared that the Bible in question was the official Bible of the State of Tennessee‚ and that this was the King James Version. The defense attorney‚ Clarence Darrow‚ asked where were they to find an expert on the Bible who was acceptable to the court; Prosecutor William Jennings Bryan interjected “I am an expert on the Bible.”
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A Southern Setting William Faulkner is a great American Southern writer of modern times. He has won many awards including the Nobel Prize for literature. Although Faulkner stories are different‚ all of them took place in the South. In “A Rose for Emily” there are three things to show this story takes place in a small Southern town: elements of setting‚ social structure‚ and the characters’ name and title. The first thing that shows the story takes place in the South is elements of setting
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British poet‚ who spent his life in the Lake District of Northern England. William Wordsworth started with Samuel Taylor Coleridge the English Romantic movement with their collection LYRICAL BALLADS in 1798. When many poets still wrote about ancient heroes in grandiloquent style‚ Wordsworth focused on the nature‚ children‚ the poor‚ common people‚ and used ordinary words to express his personal feelings. His definition of poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings arising from "emotion
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WILLIAM BLAKE William Blake was born in 1757‚ the third son of a London tradesman who sold knitwear. Blake lived in London which dominated much of his work. He was a British poet‚ painter‚ and engraver‚ who illustrated and printed his own books. He spent most of his life in relative poverty. He was very influenced by his brother’s death which he claimed he saw "ascend heavenward clapping its hands for joy" who died of consumption at the age of 20. He uses the illustrations and engravings in his
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Abigail Williams is a dominant figure in The Crucible. She is both malicious and manipulative. She is astute and knows how to use power to her own advantage. She is a marvellous antagonist with vengeful desires and she is ruthless for the mass hysteria and death which happens later in the play. Throughout the first act‚ we learn that Abigail is dominant and has authority over other characters within the play. “(Betty doesn’t move. She shakes her.) Now stop this! Betty! Sit up now!” The use of the
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William Wordsworth Essay – Midterm The bond between poet and nature is at the heart of Wordsworth’s poetry .Discuss. William Wordsworth was one of the most influential romantic poets in the early 18th century. Born on the 7th of April 1770‚ Wordsworth was a man with a profound love and admiration for nature that developed through the course of his life. From the 6 poems I have studied as part of my course‚ each and every one of them features the bond that Wordsworth has with nature. Through
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience Themes by William Blake Major Themes The Destruction of Innocence Throughout both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience‚ Blake repeatedly addresses the destruction of childlike innocence‚ and in many cases of children’s lives‚ by a society designed to use people for its own selfish ends. Blake romanticizes the children of his poems‚ only to place them in situations common to his day‚ in which they find their simple faith in parents or God challenged by
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