Elizabeth Van Lew

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…

At some point in their lives, all human beings lose their innocence. Some may say that if you lose your innocence, you also lose your compassion. But this not a valid argument - only when somebody loses their innocence can they start to feel compassionate. Lizabeth, the protagonist, suffers through an unfortunate life during Great Depression. She loses her innocence by completely destroying Miss Lottie's marigold patch. After this event she then began to feel compassionate and cared for people.…

Modest Marriage The proposal is arguably the most critical component in a traditional marriage. From two different novels, the speaker of each passage utilizes differing methods of proposing marriage to his intent by means of attitude, diction, and reasoning. Although the speaker from Austen’s passage expresses a selfish, egocentric tone, the proposer of Dicken’s passage affectionately captivates the woman with a tone filled with emotion, compassion, and tenderness; in the face of these…

the play Abigail lied, accused, and hurt very many people but one person she did not want to hurt was John Proctor. Her and John Proctor had an affair while John was married to Elizabeth Proctor. The first flaw I am going to start off with is Lust. She was very lustful for John Proctor and was out to get his wife Elizabeth. She has been obsessed with John since he first laid eyes on her. She thought…

before him. John Proctor had an affair with Abigail Williams but chose his wife over her. Abigail is now out to get John back but has to get rid of Elizabeth Johns wife out of the way. When Elizabeth found out what John had down she is very upset. She fired Abigail from the job and later tries to forgive john but really can't. John is really mad at Elizabeth for not forgiving him. Abigail is one of the girls accusing people…

Imagine this. You’re paralyzed, unable to do anything the way you want; unable to achieve new goals, to try new things, or to simply live your life the way you want to because you are restricted. Many times we have a similar reaction to fear. Fear can motivate us to an extent, if used correctly and in small amounts. But more often than not we let fear take over and control us, stopping us from doing what we actually want to achieve. When fear completely takes over we either retreat and back down…

• she attempts to hide her behavior because it will reveal her affair with Proctor if she confesses to bewitching Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail lies to conceal her affair, and to prevent being accused of witchcraft. • In order to avoid severe punishment for witchcraft and adultery — as well as attempted murder for plotting Elizabeth's death — Abigail shifts the focus away…

Hilly Holbrook and Elizabeth Leefolt have been friends with Skeeter for a long time and come to find that she has different thoughts on the discrimination of the blacks. When Miss Hilly brings up the bathroom initiative for the coloured people Skeeter says, "Maybe we ought to…

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…