because he had an affair with Abigail Williams‚ who is both the Proctors’ antagonist and uses pathos to cause strife between them. Elizabeth still had not been able to forgive John for this‚ causing their relationship to suffer. However‚ the accusations brought against them by Abigail force Elizabeth and John to pull together and unite against their accusers. She is able to move past John’s sin when saying‚ “John‚ it come to naught that I should forgive you‚ if you’ll not forgive yourself” (Miller
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You’ve probably noticed the insane and abundant amount of sexual assault charges that have been dealt out to today’s popular celebrities. Now‚ this isn’t the first time that a ton of accusations has happened. Arthur Miller wrote a play back in the 50s during the time of McCarthyism called the crucible. His play was to show that a ton of people were being accused of communism just like they were for witchcraft in Salem. So now the pattern continues but in a whole different way. Yes‚ these things differ
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white society might think. He even refers to racism as “Maycomb’s usual disease” (p 92). Racism plays a major role in this book. Two very specific examples of where the actual story and characters are affected by the racism can be seen first in the accusation of Mayella Ewell against Tom Robinson and again when the verdict of the trial is announced. The first time Tom Robinson is mentioned‚ he is not even called by name‚ but simply as “that nigger”. Atticus clears it up by telling Scout ‚ “ I’m simply
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Summary: In “You Have the Right to Remain a Target of Racial Profiling‚” syndicated columnist Eugene Robinson tries to impress upon his readers that racial profiling is still utilized by today’s police force. Mr. Robinson utilizes statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice‚ Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ to make his point. These statistics are taken from the Federal criminal justice system. Based on these statistics‚ he states that minorities (primarily blacks) are at least twice as likely
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The fairness of the law It is very important for a legal system to ensure that there is fairness across the board for those involved in the legal system‚ whether defendants‚ plaintiffs‚ or others. There are two ways in which the legal system ensures fairness. On one hand‚ there are the general presumptions and procedures to ensure a fair trial or court hearing. On the other‚ there is the system of law which is intended to ensure fairness in society; this is known as the Law of Equity. Justice
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I do think that the psychology theory is the most believable‚ mainly because most of the people of that time got paranoid very easily and hysteria set in very easily to. I’ll give some examples for one‚ once the hysteria set in mob violence and a lot of killing would take place. What did not help either was the fact that when there were problems with the overall town it was blamed on the governor. So what the governor would do is go along with what people said when they called witchcraft‚ because
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advantages outweigh the unintended loss. We have also decided that the advantages of having dangerous murderers removed from our society outweigh the losses of the offender. The second argument against capital punishment is that it is unfair in its administration. Statistics show that the poor and minorities are more likely to receive the death penalty. Once again‚ this is a separate issue. It can’t be disputed sadly‚ the rich are more likely to get off with a lesser sentence
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court had on the citizens was unfair. The Church was depended on to make laws and the court acted as a threat and intimidated civilians to obey the laws. In doing so‚ the life of a Puritan was not a fortunate one. Second‚ the court is ruled by hypocrites and corruption. Two characters that were mainly at fault were Danforth and Abigail. Danforth was a judge who declared that “this is a court of law. The law based upon the Bible..” (Miller 56). He uses false accusations and assumptions during cases
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investigating the allegations. There is a hierarchal system in education and the problem would have to move it’s way through the chain of command before reaching the superintendent (Hoy & Miskel‚ 2008‚ p. 403). The principal should be notified of the accusations and the steps being taken. For instance‚ I would make the principal aware of the racism allegations which are very serious. With the current procedure the principal was able to suspend the student for seven days without consulting the central office
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the whole demeanor of the town. It all began when a group of girl; once friends‚ turned delinquents accused a number of women of performing the devils magic causing them to be possessed. Over the time of a year there was an overwhelming amount of accusation of witchcraft. The governor sought out to create a new court‚ calling it the "court of oyer and terminer". In this court is where 19 men and women would be convicted and executed by hanging for their alleged participation in witchcraft. Bridget
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