Elizabeth Perkins

Some might ask what I think of fear. To me fear is something you are afraid of. Like when your secret is about to come out and you get to believing that everyone won’t like you if it does. Or when your mom is close to finding out something you do on the low with your friends. Now here’s examples of fear in the article “The Crucible”, let’s get to it. Reverend Parris plays the Minister and mind you he’s the father of Betty. The article tells us his fear is ruining his reputation, and losing his…

friend’s honor; by refusing to sign the confession, he preserves his name as an honest man. It would be unbearable for him to live knowing he was a coward. In spite of the fact that John previously had an affair with Abigail, he remains faithful to Elizabeth throughout the remainder of the novel. While alone, Proctor tells Abigail, “Abby, I…

Patience is key for a judge because most times, people do not want to confess their crimes right away. However, Danforth showed that he did not hold this quality. Often times, he would try and force a confession of witchcraft out of people. He never gave people time to open up and either tell the truth, or lie. For example, Danforth makes Reverend Hale try to make Rebecca Nurse confess that she is a witch. Once Hale says that he needs more time to make her open up, Danforth gets mad because he…

During the play, persecution was punishment for pursuing vengeance. Abigail stabs herself in the stomach with a needle and blames it on the spirit of goody proctor which led to goody proctor’s hanging. Cheever and Herrick show up at proctor’s house and inspects a poppet made by Mary Warren where they find a needle. “Herrick, Herrick, it’s a needle” (Miller 176). This quote is important because it shows Abigail’s devotion to proctor. Giles Corey accuses Putnam of telling his daughter Ruth to…

The major issues pertaining to the case was, that Coleman had basically had a lot of wrongdoing before, during, and after his investigations. He no evidence to prove on all those cases that he supposedly had investigated and made arrests and convictions on. On top of that after they had hired Coleman they found indictments on him for theft. Then to find him guilty of one count of aggravated perjury. Also that Stewart was involved in a perjury trial, and courts felt that Stewart knew everything…

slave and is scared because she's always abused, she's accused of witchcraft Abigail used to work as a maid for Proctor and she had an affair with John Proctor. Why does Abigail accuse John's wife ? Abigail accuses John's wife Elizabeth of witchcraft in the hopes that Elizabeth will get killed. Betty parris is Reverend Parris's ten year old daughter. Betty falls into a state of unconsciousness after Reverend catches her and the other girls dancing in the forest with Tituba. Her illness was…

Governor Danforth and Mary Warren is someone who cared for their name more than the truth. Danforth had the chance to stop the hangings but he did not want to jeopardize his name because he would have to admit that he was wrong about the whole trail. Elizabeth is an example that a name is more important because she lied in the court to protect Proctor’s name. John Proctor who started off worrying about his reputation, in the end he began…

Many stories share similar messages, some more than others. “There Will Come Soft Rains” and Delirium are an example of that. Both stories are extremely different but both contain a similar theme. Reading both the short story and the novel, it’s very hard to connect the two, but both regard the same topic. In Delirium, the plot focuses around an imperfect society. Everyone believes love is a disease and they’ve obtained a cure to keep from falling in love. Although people are terrified of the…

In the book, Much To Do About Nothing, the author talks about two couples that are in love ,but Beatrice and Benedick are the ideal couple because they share opinions on how to live their life and how one person shouldn't be tied down to another in the beginning of the story.This is proven when they say in the book ”Benedick:Then is courtesy a turncoat. It is certain I am loved of all you excepted; and I would I could find in my heart that I had not a hard heart, for truly I love none.Beatrice:…

Matthew Miller The Crucible In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, trends are an important role throughout the events of the novel due to it being set in times of extreme religion. While It can be said that historical and political trends are more influential than social trends in Salem as well as the McCarthy trials. Social trends as they relate to gender roles are the most influential in the subsequent events that were partaken in Salem, Massachusetts in addition to how the author allegorizes the…