Biographical Data on Character: In “The Crucible”‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ Abigail Williams is seventeen years of age. She is a white Puritan‚ and “strikingly beautiful” (Miller 169). She lives with her uncle‚ Reverend Samuel Parris‚ ten-year old cousin‚ Betty‚ and Barbados maid‚ Titubia. Abigail also worked for John and Elizabeth Proctor until Elizabeth fired her out. In sixteen ninety-two Abigail Williams was actually eleven years old. Her uncle‚ Reverend Parris‚ with the help of Titubia‚ an
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were talking about witches. Soon the whole lie turns into a huge debacle‚ and are forced to deal with Abigail’s actions. In this play‚ many grudges are held and personal rivalries take place. The Crucible is a play about rumors and lies. Abigail Williams is a young girl who thinks she is in love. She is found dancing in the woods with other girls‚ and back then that was frowned upon. When she is confronted by her uncle‚ Reverend Parris‚ she claims that it was witchcraft and a work of the devil. Abigail
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The Tyger by William Blake is a six quatrains poem‚ the first and last quatrains are identical except the word "could" becomes "dare" in the second iteration/repetition. The poem is made of questions as it contained thirteen questions and only one full sentence. The poet is asking a question that embodies the central theme: Who created the tiger?. What kind of being could have created the perfect strong and frightening creation which is the "burning bright" tiger? Was it God or Satan?. He wonders
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Biography of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was born in 1564‚ supposedly on 22 or 23 April‚ in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father‚ John‚ who was a prosperous glover there‚ preparing and selling soft leather‚ became alderman and later high bailiff. Shakespeare was educated at Stratford Grammar School. When he was eighteen‚ he married Anne Hathaway - eight years older than he and already‚ she was pregnant. Six months later their daughter Susanna was born. They had twins‚ a boy Hamnet and
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Topic 5 Everybody has been blamed for something they are not the only reason that happened like it did. This exact situation happened in the play The Crucible. Abigail Williams is a girl in the play. She is responsible for the blaming that started the witch trials in The Crucible. The person who is at fault in condemning the people to death is Judge Danforth. Abigail is the reason that the mess of the witch trials got started in The Crucible. In the first act of the play after Tituba confessed
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In the book Turnaround by William Bratton‚ the event that struck out the most is right when the narrator was about to become commissioner and before truly being commissioner was faced with an issue. Media tends to play a big role in our perspectives of the world‚ even if we deny it. Police commissioners usually do not back up their cops with the media because at times it can get very messy and in this book the narrator informs his police force that “If you do your jobs‚ I will back you to the hilt
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William Howard Taft Born: 9/15/1857 Birthplace: Cincinnati‚ Ohio William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati on Sept. 15‚ 1857. A Yale graduate‚ he entered Ohio Republican politics in the 1880s. In 1886 he married Helen Herron. From 1887 to 1890‚ he served on the Ohio Superior Court; 1890–92‚ as solicitor general of the United States; 1892–1900‚ on the federal circuit court. In 1900 McKinley appointed him president of the Philippine Commission and in 1901 governor general. Taft had great success
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Judgement of a Man The fifteen year old boy in the poem “Fifteen‚” by William Stafford‚ makes a very adult decision when faced with a conflict of choosing maturity or immaturity. One day‚ this boy finds a motorcycle laying on its side‚ which Stafford describes when he writes‚ “I found back of the willows one summer day a motorcycle with engine running” (Line 2 and Line 3). There is no one around to catch the boy‚ giving the boy the option to steal the motorcycle or to find the owner and return
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Background of the interviewee Marcella Williams is a 55 year old retired postal specialist. She worked for the Post Office for a long time in different positions. Additionally‚ she has one youngster‚ which‚ she raised with the assistance of her mom. As of now‚ she works part-time as a tailor in a cleaner‚ which is something she appreciates doing and when she is not working‚ she is at the Senior Center playing cards and line dancing and simply getting a charge out of life. Lifestyle as a teen As a
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The Crucible In “The Crucible”‚ Abigail Williams played the psycho in the play. Abigail was Reverend Parris’ niece‚ and also the woman John Proctor cheated on his wife‚ Elizabeth with. In the beginning of the play‚ Abigail acts as the innocent‚ not all knowing‚ towns girl. Much later on in the play‚ she reveals herself as the suspicious‚ smart and vindictive character. She was once a servant of John and Elizabeth Proctor‚ but was fired once Elizabeth found out she had an affair with her husband.
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