Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth proctor started out as a cold hearted and mad person. She did not trust her husband. The way she acted towards him was very rude. Even though the way she acted to him was wrong she had a good reason. After all her husband had an affair. She really showed she was mad at him when John told her about him and Abigail being alone in Salem. She asks him multiple questions in an aggravated tone. She also acts very distant from him in the story. She doesn’t get very close to him or show him…

In the play The Crucible, John Proctor states,”Because it is my name! Because I can not have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” John was trying to explain that did not want his written confession hung up on the church door for everyone to see. John believed that it was more of a sin to have a written document saying he was a…

Proctor has previously committed a sin against moral laws. As a married man to Elizabeth Proctor, John admits to an affair had with seventeen year old Abigail Williams. He believes his affair with Abigail ruined his character and reputation in the eyes of God, his wife Elizabeth, and also how he views himself. In act two, dialogue shown between Elizabeth and John identifies the tension among the two characters. Elizabeth states “I do not judge you. The magistrate sits in your heart that judges…

“It is my name how can I live without my name.” This quote was said by John Proctor, a character from The Crucible, while he was on his way to hang with Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey for witchcraft. John Proctor is a middle aged farmer that has 3 sons. John was accused of adultery by Abigail Williams. While in jail, john was accused of witchcraft during the salem witch trials and will hang. John Proctor and I have very similar personality traits in that we are outcast, determined and hard…

Prejudice, Elizabeth and Darcy are brought together by overcoming their own issues and creating new experiences with each other. By overcoming prejudice, they can see the goodness in each other’s character. Unlike Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Pride and Prejudice does not have film techniques to convey a message, and instead it uses its dialogue to convey emotions. During the novel’s resolution, Darcy speaks to Elizabeth about all the regrets he has had regarding his judgement, which Elizabeth…

mind made up that she will have John, no matter the cost. With this mind set, and in fear of getting into trouble for dancing in the woods (a punishable sin in their culture), she starts accusing others of witchcraft. Through certain circumstances, Elizabeth…

On August 4, 1892, Andrew Borden and Abby Borden were murdered -the murder weapon was believed to be an ax- in Fall River Massachusetts. However, aside from the deaths, there were no signs of disturbance in the house, as well as the murder weapon was nowhere to be found (Robertson, 1996). After investigating suspects outside of the immediate family, the attention had shifted to Lizzie Borden, the daughter of Andrew Borden, and Bridget Sullivan, the family’s domestic. However, attention soon…

In the small town of Fall River, Massachusetts, Abby and Andrew Borden were brutally murdered in their own home. This incident became known as the Fall River Murders. It is one of the most mysterious murder cases in American History. Through all the investigations and proceedings, no one has been able to explain who had done it or why they did it. The assassinations, investigations, and trials have been thoroughly looked at for any missing evidence of the Fall River Murders. A few days…

Former UCLA men’s basketball coach John Wooden once said “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, John Proctor is a quiet character at first. As the plot unfolds, Proctor becomes a tragic hero in the eyes of the reader and struggles internally as well as externally with his character and notoriety. On the surface, he is a respected…

Salem even when he forbid her and Mary “doesn’t resist him, but hangs limply by his grip.” (55). Predominantly speaking, Mary Warren had no power against Proctor due to fear and her being weak as Proctor was yelling at her. Also, the night when Elizabeth was arrested and taken to prison, Proctor intimidates Mary to tell the truth and charge murder on Abigail,…