Elizabeth Proctor

The Crucible is full of blaming and lying. The blaming begun when Mr. Parris caught the women dancing in the woods. After that blaming showed up everywhere from Abigail blaming Tituba, to Proctor blaming Abigail. It was nobody’s fault but the person next to them. Everyone felt the need to tell their own lies. That also happens in today's society with many court cases where women charge a man with rape then years go by, and she begins to feel the guilt of lying and eventually confesses to her…

“Liar”, “I hate you”, “Little Freak”. These are just a few names the main character; Melinda was called throughout the novel Speak. Teenagers Can be horrible, cruel people causing other people’s lives a great deal of stress and pain. Many teens struggle with depression, just like Melinda. In Laura Halse Anderson’s novel, Melinda goes on an emotional roller coaster. She goes from pessimistic to angry to sad to confident, all in one year. At the beginning of the book, Melinda is starting her grade…

McCarthyism In The Crucible written by Authur Miller, based on an event that happened during 1692 at Salem, Massachusetts. The Salem witch-hunt happened during the time of paranoia, the event resulted in chaos. People turn to death to avoid the agonizing torture and pain. The Crucible by Authur Miller is an allegory for the Red Scare in the McCarthy Era because it both showed the terror with the public, broken government system, and the greed with people’s desires and motives.…

Hindu Gods: How They Treat Humans and Demons and Do They Actually Treat Anyone Fairly? Intro: In this essay, the question that is being asked is what relationships exist between Hindu Gods and demons, as well as Hindu Gods and people. This will bring added questions in connection with the mistreatment of demons and why they continue to be treated this way. This essay will not be able to fully answer these questions, however it will show how Gods and humans as well as gods and demons…

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…

corruption did not play such a big role in the way things panned out, their relationship could have went down a very different road. John and Abby’s relationship started out innocently but John became hostile towards Abby when she tried to frame Elizabeth so she could be with John. Furthermore, experiences mostly caused by Abigail shaped the way their relationship went. John and Abigail’s relationship went really sour really quick, but why? It all started when Abby…

The Power of Doubt "At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully" (5). With these words Hakuin Ekaku, one of the most influential figures of Buddhism, expresses how doubt can trigger the truth in different situations. Many times, it is in belief rather than knowledge where the proofs for the truth are founded. This is reflected in the play “Doubt”, in which John Patrick Shanley puts ambiguity at the service of meaning, showing how “doubt can be a…

In “The Crucible” a hysteria started about witchcraft, and the one most to blame is Abigail, because she is a liar, sneaky and evil. First Abigail is a liar, because she lies about doing rituals in the forest. For instance she says, “We did dance, Uncle, and when you leaped In “The Crucible” a hysteria started about witchcraft, and the one most to blame is Abigail, because she is a liar, sneaky and evil. First Abigail is a liar, because she lies about doing rituals in the forest. For…

Okay, so storming out on Giles and Spike probably hadn't been the best idea. Deep breaths weren't working, Buffy felt cornered and trapped, and betrayed. Slayers slay and Watchers...sabotage? Lie? Poison you? Make you feel delusional, like you got all the bad parts of destiny, and none of the good? Giles had been stammering after her; Buffy could still hear the swing of the library doors over Giles' repeated calls of her name, and all his English pleading. It made her feel sick to think…