Elizabeth Van Lew

During the Salem witch trials, over two hundred people were accused of using witchcraft and twenty people were executed. Even those who were innocent were hanged because they refused to falsely confess to the crime that they didn’t commit. Those who were accused of using witchcraft and confessed to doing it would presumably have their name blackened in the village. Despite women being the most vulnerable to being accused of witchery during this period, the most responsible person for the…

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…

of the play we see the colder side of Goody Proctor, and by goody he really does mean good; she is a very virtuous woman. When we meet her she is very suspicious of her husband as he had had an affair with the housekeeper, Abigail Williams, when Elizabeth had fallen ill (the argument). Although she has every right to be angry about the affair she bad mouths Abigail and drops little hints around town about the affair (Abigail talking to proctor in the beginning), she also constantly brings it up…

I will prove that Elizabeth Proctor is a loyal, for justice, and jealous women. As it was said before Elizabeth Proctor is a loyal woman, even though John Proctor confessed lechery, she couldn’t put his reputation down. She lied in court when Danforth asked her if her husband had done lechery. “My husband - is a goodly man, sir (Miller,113).” She lied because she loves John proctor. She tried asking Proctor to forgive her. Since she wasn’t as much of a wife to him. Elizabeth wants to make John…

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…

Powerful women don’t fare well in histories when looked at through the lens of a patriarchal society. It speaks volumes that Visenya Targaryen is still respected by the Maesters as both a Warrior and a Queen and not dismissed because she’s “on her moonblood.” The Conquest was not a solo project, yet her brother got the credit in the stories while his sisters got hills in Kings Landing named after them. She was a founding mother that helped set the stage for everyone that followed her. She is…

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…

The dark forces where greed, lying and wanted people dead. The main girl that wanted people or a person dead was Abigail Williams. She wanted Elizabeth Proctor dead so she will be John Proctors wife. John and Abby had an affair and Abby wanted Proctor to be with her for the rest of her life. So Abby went with Tituba and all the other girls to the woods where they danced and was making a love charm for whoever they loved. After that they did not want to get caught so they lied to the people in…

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…