strange books she reads at night. Corey is a frequent plaintiff in court‚ having brought dozens of lawsuits‚ and he stands with Proctor in challenging the girls ’ accusations‚ believing that Thomas Putnam is using charges of witchcraft to secure land. When Corey refuses to name the person who heard Putnam declare these intentions‚ Corey is charged with contempt of court and dies when the court orders him to be weighted with stones to coerce him to admit the name. Mary Warren The eighteen year-old
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night of their birth” Ann Putnam is the wife of one of the most persistent witch-hunters in Salem village; she is the mother of one of the "afflicted" girls‚ who is at the forefront of the accusations of witchcraft; she has been driven mad by grief over the loss of seven of her newborn children. To be fair Mrs. Putnam might not mean any harm- she just wants to find out why her babies have been dying. Mrs. Putnam is sad and angry about the situation. When analyzed‚ Ann Putnam can be represented as
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A Critical Analysis of Putnam‚ Robert D.‚ and David E. Campbell. American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us. New York: Simon & Schuster‚ 2010. Print‚ pp 1-246 In a renowned examination to approach religion as a sociological study‚ respected scholars Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell trek through the social history of our nation over the past few decades and the affects that have consequently—or thankfully—been left on religious institutions. While the authors explore detailed cultural
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for wealth and power feeds into the witch hunt. This greed drove Putnam to allow people to be killed for crimes that they weren’t committing and were being accused of things that weren’t really happening. Thomas Putnam’s actions led to innocent people dying just so he could have land. “If Jacobs hangs for a witch he forfeit up his property that’s law and there is none but Putnam with the coin to buy.” This shows how Putnam took advantage of the witch hysteria to gain more land and benefit
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Thomas Putnam Many of the characters in The Crucible have motives behind their accusations of witchcraft. They all seek some form of personal gain‚ such as preserving a good reputation or acquiring more land. Thomas Putnam is one of these characters. He is vindictive and bitter‚ and willing to do anything in order to attain more land. Salem Village‚ Massachusetts‚ was a small settlement begun by Puritans. The Puritans were a very religious group of people who believed strongly in the existence
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In Brains and Behaviors‚ Hilary Putnam argues against logical behaviorism by stating that that the word ‘pain’ is vague and that it is more of a reaction than a behavior. Putnam argues that there must be a general understanding of the concept of pain. In this paper‚ I will affirm the arguments presented by Putnam since there is no true definition of pain. To support this argument‚ I will first provide more details that help support Putnam’s idea that pain is not a term‚ but instead it is reaction
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world‚ a particular of which being the brain-in-a-vat (BIV) experiment. Skeptics suggest that the BIV hypothesis can never be completely denied and this is thus evidence‚ that nothing substantial about the external world can ever be concluded. Hilary Putnam claims however‚ that when combined with semantic externalism‚ the BIV hypothesis cannot be true. This essay will demonstrate that Putnam’s argument against the BIV hypothesis is lacking. To accomplish this‚ this essay will: 1) define semantic externalism;
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miserable and self-preservation. Thomas Putnam establishes conflict by vying for land with other characters. From the outset‚ he is bitter and quarrelsome over his boundaries. He shouts to Giles Corey‚ "I’ll have my men on you‚ Corey! I’ll clap a writ on you!" (Miller‚ ) Greediness does not play a role in a time of close-knit societies and in seeking the salvation of God. Putnam displays a threatening tone towards Giles over land. By threatening Giles‚ Putnam begins a cause to get what he believes
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Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ many people are accused wrongly of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. Whether it may be fear‚ anxiety‚ or even greed‚ these characters lie and accuse others of witchcraft. The characters: Tituba‚ Abigail‚ and Goody Putnam display each of those motives when accusing others of witchery. Characters are motivated differently to falsely accuse their neighbors of witchcraft Tituba accuses a few women of witchery because of the fear from being executed. Her fear of death
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one Rebecca Nurse and Goody Putnam learn that Reverend Hale will be coming to Salem. The quote “There is a prodigious danger in the seeking out of loose spirits” was stated by Rebecca to Goody Putnam. She said this because she doesn’t want Reverend Hale to come and interfere with what is happening in Salem. This quote is important because it shows how Rebecca feels about Reverends. 4.) On page 148 Mrs. Putnam and Rebecca Nurse are talking about Goody Putnam losing her babies. One of the
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