Barbados

The New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Southern colonies all have similarities and differences between their reasons for settlement and daily lives and culture. Each of their governments contributed to the American democracy that we have today. The New England colonies were colonies around Rhode Island and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They mainly consisted of people from England who were looking for religious freedom. These people were persecuted for their beliefs, so they wanted religious…

“I never called him! Tituba, Tituba…” (Miller 481). In act one, Hale starts to question Abigail on whether she called the devil or not because her cousin might be dying. Out of panic, Abigail accuses Tituba of calling the devil while she spoke “Barbados”. The girls, along with Abigail, then started pointing out other people like Mary Warren and Elizabeth,…

Anyone that has read the play the Crucible by Arthur Miller knows that Abigail Williams is a wicked woman. This corrupt lady has accused a slave of witchery for no reason. She has manipulated the other characters so well that all of them believe what she says. A reason for this is because everyone thinks she is a sweet puritan girl. To make matters worse, she has had an affair with Elizabeth’s husband, John Proctor. Abigail is an unabashed liar who charges witchcraft against those who oppose her…

When Benjamin Franklin is mentioned, generally his several contributions to United States Society come to mind. It is interesting to find then, that someone who so willingly gave up his time and put in effort to help society, in reality, admittedly had a big pride issue. Plainly, this pride can be seen throughout The Autobiography that Franklin wrote as he recounts his accomplishments. Additionally still however, through Franklin’s writings, it is clear that his pride leads him to build himself…

Hale is like spiritual doctor trying to find a cure that is most significant at this point in time. During the beginning of the book Reverend Hale enters Reverend Paris’s house. And encounters his first patient, Tituba is Reverend Parris slave from Barbados and she is being accused of witchcraft. Throughout the book Reverend Hale has good intentions towards all those who are accused. And he has a genuine desire to help all those that have been accused of witchcraft.…

“.... and there was Goody Good.” this quote if from The Crucible, referring to the time when Tituba is easily intimidated and told Rev. Hale that Sarah Good was a witch. Tituba is a slave from Barbados, she was caught dancing and singing with the girls in the woods. This action caused Tituna to be accused of witchcraft in which she was intimidated to confess and tell who is the witches. Tituba and I portray many personality traits such as, nurturing, easily intimidated, and helpful. The first…

The idea of the slavery was formed in very early stage of the human history and it began as the form of the punishment to the captives. Because the early civilizations didn’t want to keep all of their poisoners too close, in case of more rebellions, they also exchanged their poisoners for goods or human labors. The definition of slavery is based on the individual’s absolute dependence of owner’s wills and throughout Equiano narrative, he clearly indicated the institution of slavery during…

“A person who is the property of and wholly subject to another,” is the definition of slavery according to an online dictionary. Growing up, we hate obeying our parents, and I’m sure many of us once told their parents, “I’m not your slave!” when asked to do something. In reality we have absolutely no idea what it is like to be slave. It’s hard to imagine what being a slave is like, since we didn’t exist during those times. Sure, we learn in history classes perhaps since seventh grade about…

The play The Crucible is about the power of rebellion and (later) mass hysteria. Shown in the first act is a power struggle in which Abigail is defiant and dares to talk back to her minister uncle, Reverend Parris. Abigail’s actions towards her self-centered uncle foreshadow the power she and her friends would later gain. Due to the need of a scapegoat during hard times, the people of Salem, Massachusetts were quick to believe in witchcraft. Although some of the people accused seemed highly…

The Crucible, a historical fiction play written by Arthur Miller, focusses on the horrific Salem Witch Trials that ran rampage in 1692. The disastrous events which took place shattered the Puritan society, and destroyed many of the religious values that the Puritans hold so dear. Even though this play was written in 1953, Arthur Miller includes many stylistic devices to give the play an authentic feel. Miller uses a plethora of these devices in order to make readers feel as if they are actually…