that Proctor worshipped the Devil and committed perjury. When Proctor tore the warrant issued for the arrest of Elizabeth‚ it showed his ability to defy the court and in a way his religion because the court was controlled by religion. Keeping Mary Warren from court was extreme because he was keeping her from doing her duty and from feeling important for the first time. Even if one is brave or extreme‚ this doesn’t mean that they cannot be dignified too. Proctor acted
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Massachusetts in 1692. A married man(John Proctor) have an affair with a young girl named Abigail Williams. Abigail still desires John but he doesn’t want anything to do with her anymore. Elizabeth Proctor wants John to denounce that Abigail’s a fraud. Mary Warren‚ the Proctor’s servant and one of Abigail’s circles‚ returns from Salem with news that Elizabeth has been accused of witchcraft but the court did not pursue the accusation. Proctor later confesses his affair with Abigail
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Mary Warren tells Elizabeth and Proctor‚ “He sentenced her. He must. But not Sarah Good. For Sarah Good confessed‚ y’see” (Miller 28). The women that were willing to stand with their faith and keep their decency hung‚ which they believed was a better option than
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Putnams‚ John Proctor‚ Hale) Act II Questions: 7. What is learned of the relationship between Elizabeth and John from the opening dialogue and stage action of Act 2? 8. What is learned of the action antecedent to this part of the play through Mary Warren? What are Elizabeth’s suspicions regarding Abigail? 9. What does John agree to do regarding Elizabeth’s suspicion and suggestion? The agreement prepares the way for the deleted scene in the appendix. What are the effects of including the deleted
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The Crucible is about this group of teenage girls caught conjuring spirits ‚ dancing naked and and making potions in the woods. Reverend Parris finds them. Ruth Putman is trying to talk too the spirits of her dead siblings too find out why they died ‚ at the request of her mother. Abby Williams is trying to make a potion to kill Elizabeth‚ John Proctors wife‚ because Abby had an affair with John and now wants to have him to herself. Tituba ‚is who Ruth goes to about speaking to her siblings. After
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He admitted the truth about Abigail and his past relationship with her when Elizabeth is imprisoned‚ but it was overlooked when Abigail tried to place the blame on Mary Warren. The court believed Abigail’s word because of her authority as crucial evidence to the witch trials. She kept denying her acts of fraud‚ even when Mary Warren confessed the truth and Proctor revealed his affair with her. If Proctor had told Hale about Abigail’s lie beforehand‚ she wouldn’t have any power to cast doubt on Elizabeth
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Political courage is something that has been around. Kennedy (1955) said that "The founding fathers could not have envisioned service in the Senate as providing an opportunity for political courage." (p. 23.). This statement from hi defines that the creating of our government has given an opportunity for people brave enough to express political courage. Herbert Brownell was a Nebraskan born that went on to be the attorney general for the United States of America for four years‚ and he is an example
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BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION: IS SEGREGATION BETWEEN COLORED AND WHITE CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS CONSTITUTIONAL? Introduction The Enlightenment served as the foundation of “every aspect in colonial America‚ most notably in terms of politics‚ government‚ religion‚ [and education].”1 All aspects of life stem from the “concepts of freedom of oppression‚ natural rights‚ and new ways of thinking.”2 The central ideas of the Enlightenment‚ including John Locke’s Natural Rights theory‚ served as the basis
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Who was Mary Warren which claims that the girls where all acting. But because of Danforth’s unruly accusations against her‚ Mary then submit and in turn accuses Procter of being the devils man. Even when it becomes clear that the allega-tions of witchcraft are completely
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counterpart is a jezebel figure. A jezebel figure is commonly associated with a woman who is regarded as evil and scheming. Abigail’s evil can be seen through her interactions with the other women of the play. For example‚ she threatens Betty and Mary Warren by saying‚ “Let either of you breathe a word‚ or the edge of a word about the other things and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and i will a pointy reckoning that will shudder you” (The Crucible‚ Act 1). In addition she is scheming
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