Abby May

the truth. We live in a society that has chosen to not change their views and ways of thinking about race. This system has been set up in a way that in most cases your assumed race will determine how you move forward in life. Yes in some cases some may overcome adversity but they have to work twice as hard to accomplish their goals. Now don’t get me wrong I don’t believe…

John’s affair with Abigail set the stage for what would fuel the ideas for her actions. At this point in the play he realizes his mistake, “Abby, you’ll put it out of mind. I’ll not be comin’ for you more” (22). Proctor broke the mold by not following the Puritan beliefs in staying true to his marriage; by doing this he broke out of the mold placed by his religion and the society. Later in…

Abby is very rude and disrespectful towards her friends and peers, as in act one, she yells at and hits Betty in the face, screams at Mary Warren, and threatens her friends. She screams at Betty, “Betty, you never say that again! you will never--” (1244)…

Abigail’s character is divided when considering the superego, id, and ego. She represents the id more than the other two. In fact, she has an absence of the ego and the superego. She acts upon her desires: to force John Proctor to love her. Any conscience-stricken person would realize that their lies have caused serious consequences, but Abigail fails to acknowledge this. She continues to lie to the town and the authority to receive what she wants. Even if she did not realize that her action…

A fairy tale many of us know is Cinderella, but what many of us don’t know, is the drastic changes the fairy tale went through to become the story it is today. Focusing on the revised original tale from 1857, written by the Grimm Brothers, Cinderella is a darker, more realistic tale and the newer version of the tale, a movie produced by Disney in 1950, is more magical and happy. The two tales have similar story lines, but the Disney version has changed to fit a different audience compared to the…

staying true to beliefs. Earlier in Act 4, John Proctor decides that he wants his life. However, Arthur Miller manages to show the consequences of lying beyond ruining one’s own reputation. For instance, John Proctor once says, “I have three children—how may I teach them to walk like men in the world, and I sold my friends? (Miller 1332)” Also, Arthur Miller depicted an extremely vivid image of John Proctor’s psychological painfulness between choosing to live, betraying his beliefs of moral and…

lessons in the story. The main theme is focussed on deceit and lying and how lies can lead down a dark road which results in the ruin of many. The Crucible is a fictional play based on the Salem Witch Trials which occurred between February 1692 and May 1693 and resulted in over 150 people being accused of witchcraft and 20 executed. The story focusses on the story of John Proctor and Abigail Williams, his niece, and how lies, jealousy, revenge, and deep seated feuds caused a…

“The theory further specifies that people who often attain their goals through lying will be more likely to continue to lie” (Van Brockstaele). Following this theory, an experiment was conducted in which the researchers concluded, “As such, lying may be just as easy or difficult as truth telling when people lie frequently or when lies are well-practiced… it suggests that people can train themselves to become practiced liars who will experience little if any difficulty when responding…

The theme is hysteria. Hysteria has to do with feelings and overwhelming amount of emotions. The emotions it provokes are anger, madness, sad, and upset. People in everyday life experience hysteria because of emotional problems. For example, when people fight their family,friends, or classmates. Hysteria is negative because it uses too many emotions and that's where more problems are caused. When one person starts using more emotions than the other person matches the height of that emotion.…

The Crucible Essay Suzy Kassem once wrote, “A truly good person will speak truth, act with truth, and stand for truth. A truly good person is not afraid to think from their heart; therefore, allowing nonconformist decisions, viewpoints, and perspectives to lead their life. By following their heart, they stand with their conscience.” The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, takes place in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony during a time of religious importance. In 1692, the villagers of Salem were…