Elizabeth Bowen

confessed his sin to his wife and for seven months tried to gain her trust and forget Abigail. Abigail, on the other side, only dreams of being with John again, and he has given her signs that he wants her back too even though he is a married man. Even Elizabeth, John’s wife, is suspicious about them committing adultery again. Abigail is not in any way delusional about rekindling her relationship with John Proctor. In act two, John and Abigail conversed alone in a room in a flirtatious way when…

Throughout the novella “I am Legend” by Richard Matheson, Robert Neville incorporates the role of an anti-hero. For example, on page 38, he states that “he wouldn't put Virginia there. Not if they killed him for it." In this quote, Robert states his opinion on taking his dead wife to a pit where the deceased are burned alive. He refuses, which clearly goes against the regime that has been put into place by society in order to stop the contamination. Another example of Robert’s anti-hero-like…

middle, Reverend Hale started noticing flaws in the court and the story of witchcraft which led him to be skeptical. One evening, Hale went to John Proctor’s house to investigate John’s wife, Elizabeth, for symptoms of witchcraft since she was mentioned of having witchcraft in the court. During that night, Elizabeth told John to tell Hale about how Abigael mentioned that witchcraft was fake. Hale shockingly says, “Abigail Williams told you it had naught to do with witchcraft” (pg 69)! This is…

Reputation Essay According to the Webster Dictionary, Reputation defines as “the common opinion that people have about someone or something; the way in which people think of someone or something.” I believe an individual’s reputation defines all the characteristics of their personality. People hold only one reputation in their life. In The Crucible, John Proctor says “How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” (Page) This quote shows the importance of reputation…

everyone about all the people they saw with the devil. This leads to the trials and hangings of many innocent people. About a week later John and Elizabeth Proctor are at home discussing the many trials happening in the town. Elizabeth tries to get John to go into court and tell them what he knows about the Abigail and the girls. After he refuses, Elizabeth believes he still has feelings for Abby. The next morning John takes Mary to court as proof that the young ladies are lying about seeing…

A woman who manipulated a court to believe she was innocent. A woman who accidentally got the man she was in love with was hung. The woman who was the culprit of starting the massive intensity of witchcraft and didn’t care about the deaths she caused was a vital character in The Crucible. Some people considered her a child, an innocent girl who would never tell a lie. Although, the readers as well as Abigail herself knew that despite her age, she was capable of doing outrageous and extreme…

Because of Her If you don’t control your mind someone else will. It is very easy to get manipulated by other people. People who have read The Crucible would say Abigail Williams is the most loathsome in this story because she evilly persuades the girls to do what she is doing. When Parris found the girls in the wood dancing they knew they were in inscrutable trouble. The first thing Abigail did was accused another person for her actions “She made me do it…” (Miller, 1154), by that statement she…

Making Connections: The Crucible and A Simple Plan Text to text Text to self Text to world Common theme: Through the development of different characters in both novels the authors reveal how greed eventually results in problems. When I was younger my older sister would always mess with me by telling me that my toys had monsters inside them. When she wanted to take one of my toys she would tell me that it was actually an evil monster which would scare me into not using the toy anymore. She knew…

Have you ever been so involved in discovering the truth about something that you let public opinion cloud your judgement? One of the protagonists in The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller, was brought down by listening to the people around him instead of looking at the facts right under his nose. Reverend Hale was brought to Salem to investigate witchcraft, and he is motivated to find justice. His flaws of being easily manipulated, lack of clarity with morals, and overconfidence have led…

The Crucible Final Essay In the novella of The Crucible by Arthur Miller we all have gone through experiences that dealt with stress and pressure. The experience that I have gone through recently is learning how to drive. During this time I had a lot of anxiety and I felt as if I were under lots of pressure to get my license. A lot of my friends have already gotten theirs. I felt it was time for me to get mine. The people who I needed to help me was my parents. My dad was the first one to help…