Assumption of Mary

During the Salem witch trials, over two hundred people were accused of using witchcraft and twenty people were executed. Even those who were innocent were hanged because they refused to falsely confess to the crime that they didn’t commit. Those who were accused of using witchcraft and confessed to doing it would presumably have their name blackened in the village. Despite women being the most vulnerable to being accused of witchery during this period, the most responsible person for the…

The main character in the dream and story is a young girl named Miranda Rhea. This character is a young girl who struggles with the injustices in life. She is battling with a trauma from watching a clown in a circus who she thought was going to fall to his death and throughout that she notices that everyone is cheering it on and laughing. Much as happens in her real life where tragedies occur and the people surrounding her do not react in a manner expected by her. The Secondary characters in the…

Attics, we use them for storage. A great way to save space, and also one of the more "creeper" areas within our homes. So, this got me thinking, why do important scenes in horror movies take place within the attic? I mean, they are prevalent in in films that utilize them to house cursed objects, ghosts, spirits, demons, and ext. I studied this by picking 3 artifacts that use the attic well, review sources that analyze why or how the attic is used, how I did all this, and analyzing the scenes…

"A witch is defined as a person who signed the devil's book, thus giving the devil permission to use her shape to go around harming other people." The Salem Witch Trials were brought about when a group of young girls claimed to be possessed by the devil after they were seen dancing in the forest. The girls started displaying wild and peculiar behavior that a local doctor, William Griggs, diagnosed as bewitchment. The Salem Witch Trials had a negative impact on American history because it caused…

book. It was obvious that in 1692 in Salem, with an Indian war raging that the devil was close at hand and sudden and violent death occupied minds. About witchcraft people began to talk more when a 11-year-old Anne Putman, 17-year-old Mercy Lewis, and Mary Walcott began to show such unusual behavior. When the doctor, William Griggs failed Implemented treatment, he suggested that issues such as girls can like a supernatural origin. The widespread belief that witches targeted children diagnosed by…

The word “We” in the Anthem Society is used for any word that is talking about 1 person, no one uses the word I or me. It is a transgression to worry about one’s self. Equality 7-2521 is good with Science and begins to think of himself and not the society as a whole and that is a transgression. It is all about the society and the greater good of all. In the book Anthem, every character uses only the words “We. Them, Our, etc” never the words “Me, Mine, I, Etc.” it is a transgression or sin, to…

Literature has a unique ability to serve as a portal to another time that helps readers understand a culture’s values and fears. This insight into a culture is not always immediately present however as the true meaning is almost always hidden beneath the surface. When studying American Literature dating back to the Civil War to the present, one begins to understand a sense of what our ancestors have gone through and how we got where we are today. One aspect of American life that seemed to…

Victor’s obsession with science clouded his judgment causing great suffering in his personal life. Events in his life that show his clouded judgment include: abandoning the monster he created, letting a close family friend die to conceal his secret at all costs, and destroying the companion he had promised to make for the monster. Victor Frankenstein grew up in a very supportive and wealthy home. Frankenstein lived as an only child until the age of five. At this age, Victor’s mother decided…

At the beginning of the play we see the colder side of Goody Proctor, and by goody he really does mean good; she is a very virtuous woman. When we meet her she is very suspicious of her husband as he had had an affair with the housekeeper, Abigail Williams, when Elizabeth had fallen ill (the argument). Although she has every right to be angry about the affair she bad mouths Abigail and drops little hints around town about the affair (Abigail talking to proctor in the beginning), she also…

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play about witch trials in Salem. In the play, the whole village goes crazy about witchcraft. Abigail Williams accused that most of the innocent women in the village are witches. In this essay, I will prove that Elizabeth Proctor is a loyal, for justice, and jealous women. As it was said before Elizabeth Proctor is a loyal woman, even though John Proctor confessed lechery, she couldn’t put his reputation down. She lied in court when Danforth asked her if her…