unconstitutionally obtained his confession. The court disagreed‚ however‚ and upheld the conviction. Miranda appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court‚ which reviewed the case in 1966. The Supreme Court‚ in a 5-4 decision written by Chief Justice Earl Warren‚ ruled that the prosecution could not introduce Miranda’s confession as evidence in a criminal trial because the police had failed to first inform Miranda of his right to an attorney and against self-incrimination. The police duty to give these warnings
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She was accused along with John Proctor‚ Abigail Hobbs‚ Mary Warren‚ Elizabeth Howe‚ and many others. Her story is only part of the long history told. She was convicted of doing witchcraft and was able to avoid execution longer than most were able to. Elizabeth Proctor was John Proctors third wife they were married 18 years and they were running the well known family tavern. Elizabeth Proctor was first seen as a witch when Mary Warren accused Elizabeth of trying to force her to sign the “devil’s
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Journal Topics for The Crucible As you read the play over the next few days‚ choose any 3 of the following topics and respond to them in a google document or on paper. Each response must be at least 250 words. You must include references to the text and provide support for all of your claims. Please use your best writing- no grammatical/spelling/capitalization errors- divide ideas using paragraphs etc. Each journal entry is 20 pts. You may do one more extra credit. Again‚ we are working on
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read or sign there names. The Gross Domestic Product or GDP of the 41 heavily indebted poor countries (567 million people) is less than the worlds 7 richest people combined. The seven richest people in the world are Bill Gates $52.0 Billion‚ Warren Buffet $52.0 Billion‚ Carlos Slim Helu $49.0 Billion‚ Ingvar Kamprad & Family $33.0 Billion‚ Lakshmi Mittal $32.0 Billion‚ Sheldon Adelson $26.5 Billion‚ and Bernard Arnault $26.0 Billion. That’s over 174.5 Billion dollars‚ and 576 million people
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The most admirable character in The Crucible in my opinion was John Proctor. He was admirable because of the way he stood up to his past failures that he had done in his life. He stood up for what was right and didn’t care what the consequences were for his actions. For instance he went and testified to the court to try and free his innocent wife. He also was willing to face the punishment of adultery to help free the innocent. He too was willing to wreak his reputation for the good of the town.
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Arthur Miller‚ in his play The Crucible‚ tells the story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. A person’s reputation is important because it’s something that people are going to remember about you when others talk about you. John Proctors attitude about his reputation is revealed when he is conflicted about lying. In the final scene of the play‚ Proctor’s conflict is he must decide what more important his reputation or his life. His choices
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Mary Warren returns to court confessing the afflicted girls have been lying. “We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment” (Miller 179). Danforth would rather protects his reputation as an enforcer than actually believe John’s attempts to inform that
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All of these concepts play big parts in the crucible. Abigail is an example of weakness i’d say. After being thrown out of the Proctor household‚ she tries to get back at John’s wife. She gathers up a bunch of girls and they go into the woods‚ she tries voodoo to cast a spell that’d kill his wife. After being caught in the woods she confesses to witchcraft once she see’s that all charges would be dropped‚ and places the blame on others. Which highly escalates the town into growing fearful. Knowing
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John Connally‚ and their wives rode through Dallas in an open‚ slow motorcade when three shots echoed leaving the two men injured and the motorcade rushing to the nearest hospital. Kennedy was announced dead thirty minutes after the shots fired. The Warren Commission Report established on November 29‚ 1963 to investigate the assassination says only one man committed the crime‚ Lee Harvey Oswald‚
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Proctor had together. So Abigail did everything she can to make sure Elizabeth was out of the picture. One day on trial while sitting next to Mary Warren who is now Elizabeth’s and John’s maid she saw her making a poppet and when she finished she stuck the needle in the stomach for safe keeping. This was when Abigail’s plan fell into place she knew that Warren was going to give Goody Proctor the poppet so she decided to strike herself in the stomach with a needle. Placing the blame on Elizabeth. With
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