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    atrocious actions of Abigail William in order to illustrate that actions have consequences‚ good or bad. In the beginning of The Crucible‚ Abigail‚ one of the girls that went around accusing people of being witches‚ had a stranglehold on the rest of the girls that danced with her at the forest. Abigail forced the girls “to tell them [they] danced” and that is all (Miller 147). Abigail experienced a minor consequence for forcing the girls not being able to

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    Abigail holds the most power within the play. Discuss Arthur Miller’s The Crucible underlines the significance of an individual’s power within a communal society such as that of Salem. Despite her circumstances‚ Abigail is capable of acquiring an impressive amount of power in the community‚ ultimately allowing her to control the fates of many of the townsfolk. She utilises her immediate relationships by manipulating those close to her in order to gain power in the pursuit of satisfying her own desires

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    English Assessment #2 1) How does Michael Morpurgo evoke sympathy for refugees in his novel shadow? Michael Morpurgo evokes sympathy for refugees in his novel shadow by utilizing emotive language to express the cruel conditions the refugees experience whilst travelling to Tehran in the back of a big pickup truck. The refugee’s situation is very partitioned because whilst their home country is at war‚ Refugees are forced to flee the horrible living conditions and seek safety. Michael Morpurgo

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    hardships allow the audience to mourn with and connect to Hamlet’s complex character. Shakespeare evokes sympathy from the reader through the hastened marriage of Hamlet’s mother‚ the murderess actions of his wretched uncle‚ and Hamlet’s apparent madness. These occurrences develop not only sympathy from the audience‚ but the main theme of revenge as Hamlet seeks to avenge his father’s wrongful death. Sympathy is created for Hamlet through his father’s death and his mother and uncles hastened marriage.The

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    19). This brings readers to another topic that breeds sympathy for Amir. The young Pashtun boy grew up in a big confusing world without the help of his biological mother. Amir grew up not having a mother and knowing little about her. In the evolutionary perspective‚ every child needs their mother to help them

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    these letters portray Abigail to be an intelligent woman with brilliant ideas for the future of the United States. Her ideas of the future had a great impact on how many important articles were written and what it meant for the people of the nation. One example of this would be when Abigail wrote to John and asked for Congress not to forget about the rights of women. Their correspondence also involved a lot of political talk‚ which led to the conclusion that John thought of Abigail as an equal instead

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    English Diagnostic: Sympathy for a Murderer Roald Dahl makes the reader feel sympathy for Mary Maloney even though she has just murdered her own husband by skillfully developing her character and by placing Mrs. Maloney in a situation that justifies her actions. Firstly‚ the authour begins the short story by showing how loyal and loving Mary Maloney is towards her husband. He starts off with telling the reader how Mrs. Maloney looks forward to him coming home and pampers him after his workday

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    Abigail is fueled by her lust for John Proctor and her own selfishness‚ using the “devil” to further her self centered desire for power‚ and control in Salem‚ with that desire for John inciting her actions. What started as Abigail’s plan to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor‚ ended in what was bigger than Abigail could have imagined - the Salem witch trials. Abigail is a remorseless girl‚ who will do anything to get what she wants. Abigail lusts over John Proctor‚ a married man which turns the town into

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    story Abigail is the true villain in Arthur Miller’s drama‚ The Crucible. She started out as a innocent maid‚ and Elizabeth(her boss) was sick she had a affair with Elizabeth’s husband Proctor. Afterwards he felt guilty so he kept pushing Abigail away which made her mad. She ended up taking control over these little girls and she would threaten them if they didn’t listen. Elizabeth ended up making a little doll and when she was taking a break she stuck the needle in the stomach and Abigail wanted

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    of mob mentality can destroy a community‚ is also a story of falling from grace. From Proctor’s affair with Abigail‚ to judge Danforth’s decision to condemn so many innocent people to their deaths. Out of all of these people‚ Abigail falls the furthest. In the beginning she is the victim‚ her parents dead‚ a self centered uncle who cares more about his reputation than his own niece.”Abigail‚ I have spent 3 long years to bend

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