Elizabeth Proctor And Abigail Williams Erin Riner Kelly Kane Period 8 Erin Riner Mrs. Kane English 3‚ P8 September 22‚ 2013 Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams In the play‚ The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller describes the unforgettable events of the Salem Witch Trials through the leading female characters‚ Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor. While the puritan girls in Salem stirrup madness‚ Abigail and Elizabeth are ruling above everyone for their
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1692‚ 9 years old Elizabeth Parris‚ and a 11 year old Abigail Williams began exhibiting strange behaviour. Elizabeth was the daughter of Samuel Parris‚ an ordained minister and Abigail was the niece. The two started making odd sounds‚ and screaming. Contorting their bodies and throwing objects. Elizabeth and Abigail said that an individual being was biting and pinching them. An 11 year old girl named‚ Ann Putnam and other girls in Salem began acting similarly to Elizabeth and Abigail. Their behaviour
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How is John’s relationship with Elizabeth different from that with Abigail? The relationship betwen John and Abigail had more physical chemistry and lust compared to that between John and Elizabeth‚ who kept a more estranged and distant relationship. This is seen from Abigail’s flirtatious relationship with John‚ with Abigail caught admiring John physique‚ “absorbing his presence‚ wide-eyed”‚ in comparison with Elizabeth‚ who simply “receives” John’s kiss and remains indifferent towards his warm
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The 20th and 21st centuries have seen a rise in the controversial industry of cheap labor practices and sweatshop employment‚ where globalization and industrialization have absorbed a working force of young‚ unmarried women looking to alter their current ways of life. In order to understand what will unfold within the following pages‚ it is essential to outline the terms‚ which act as the foundation for this debate. Sweatshop: “workers in developing country labor at 16 cents an hour‚ 12 hours
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Juxtaposition and Paradox Address the following in a multi-paragraph response: In the beginning acts of Macbeth‚ William Shakespeare uses juxtaposition and paradox to set off contrasts between characters‚ ideas‚ and events. Detail the differences between juxtaposition and paradox. Also‚ relate how he uses juxtaposition to illuminate characters and paradox to compare and contrast thematic ideas and plot. A paradox is when an author uses apparently contradictory statements to get at some
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electricity in Bishop’s poetry‚ points out the use of electricity here stating it “transmit[s] the surge of sexual excitement” while also “carry[ing] a warning and are possibly meant as conduction wires‚ earthing any lightning strike” (154). This juxtaposition makes sense with the way Bishop deals with her sexuality. For the most part it is “marvelous” and exciting to be in a relationship‚ but there is also an edge of fear to it. Electricity sparks through the poem not only because it is a good metaphor
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disingenuous and can fool even the most righteous man. Abigail Williams and the girls know that those people have been with the Devil. HATHORNE: This is nonsense‚ can it not be seen that Abigail is a remorseless liar and a wretched manipulative juvenile who spreads destruction and the death of innocents wherever she goes. Eighty-eight people we have accused of and five people dead because of Abigail and the nonsense she is. DANFORTH: Abigail Williams tells the truth and is incapable of lying HATHORNE:
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The dictionary definition of Juxtaposition is “An act or instance of placing close together or side by side‚ especially for comparison or contrast” (Dictionary.com). In the book “NOD” by Adrian Barnes‚ uses the definition to give his book the theme in which he uses words to illustrate the slowly unmasking of social etiquette. By inserting words not normally used in a sentence together‚ Barnes is able to give his readers a sense of two worlds that are slowly bleeding into one another. One world‚ the
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in form and quality. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible‚ difference is shown between the characters Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor. This play portrays the historical events of the Salem witch trials through a crowd of unforgettable characters. Abigail Williams is the malicious‚ deceiving accuser; whereas Elizabeth Proctor is virtuous and is the wrongfully accused. To begin‚ Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor are complete opposites of each other‚ one lies to save herself and avoid
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hanging out of her overturned carriage while a group of paparazzi continue to simply take photographs. In this piece Banksy utilizes juxtaposition‚ ethos and logos‚ and also iconic figures to convey his message of the problem with the media‚ and how in this day and age if we see someone’s life in disarray we are more likely to watch and do nothing than to help. Juxtaposition is when one element is from one time period and another element is from another‚ in his image from “Dismaland” Banksy uses this
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