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    had a servant named Abigail Williams, who became one of the afflicted girls. John and Abigail committed adultery together, and his wife, Elizabeth, soon found out. Elizabeth kicked Abigail out of the house, and of course Abigail had sour feelings toward her. When she became one of the afflicted girls, she claimed Elizabeth was sending her spirit out on her. Elizabeth is soon arrested, and took to jail as Abigail wanted because she wants John Proctor to herself. John loves his wife dearly, one…

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    Elizabeth Calderon, 39, Salinas, California, and Esther Sanchez, otherwise called Trinidad Carrillo, 54, Salinas, California, were arraigned by an elected excellent jury on charges of documenting false assessment forms, burglary of government stores, exasperated wholesale fraud, putting forth false expressions to governmentally protected establishments, and scheme, Calderon and Sanchez are accused of scheming to present an advance application to Bank of America that contained false data and…

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    uses the Bennet family in the novel to portray the various attitudes towards marriage. Jane Austen flags the fact that this society did not see love as a vital thing in marriage and marriage was done mostly upon the assurance of a stable income. Elizabeth is…

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    about to get busted for experimenting with witchcraft, but managed to blame the whole situation on Tituba, Reverend Parris’s black slave from Barbados. Abigail had an affair with Elizabeth Proctor’s husband, John Proctor. In an effort to get rid of Elizabeth she persuaded Tituba to go out that night and put a curse on Elizabeth.…

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    brings up happiness as being an aspect of a love relationship. For example, when Elizabeth turns down Mr. Collins marriage proposal. Elizabeth says, ”I do assure you that I am not one of those young ladies (if such young ladies there are) who are so daring as to risk their happiness on the chance of being asked a second time. I am perfectly serious in my refusal. You could not make me happy,...”(66). In this quote, Elizabeth emphasises that she she will not enter into a love relationship if the…

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    like Wickham, Elizabeth Bennet was to be another strong candidate for such unrestricted thought. Introducing her as a strong personality from the start, Austen credited Ms. Bennet with a great deal of individualism in the novel. As silly as it was, Ms. Bingley was jealous of her and Mr. Darcy’s mutual affection and asked Elizabeth to walk around the room with her in order to raise Darcy’s attention. Thinking that she was by no means unable to walk as well as Ms. Bingley, Elizabeth accepted her…

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    lead to young men and women attending balls such as Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet. Within a short amount of time, Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet, who were from the middle class, married each other. Social status plays a considerable part in the novel, Elizabeth has many conflicts of being able to marry Darcy because of their different social status. They were able to pass those criticisms and marry each other. Austen perceives that there are marriages of convenience, infatuation and love. These…

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    and Prejudice in 1812. A book in which illustrates the social decorum of the time and the expectations of men and women. The book focus on the interactions and interpretations of Elizabeth and the persons who live in the landed gentry’s class, rich people who do not have to work, and with Mr. Darcy the man in which Elizabeth hold prejudice against due to him being too proud. Decorum is the appropriate way of behaving, such as, having good manner, being polite, and following the social norms. A…

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    perspective of the townspeople swept up in the madness. Over the course of the play, Miller introduces readers and viewers to the individuals of Salem, both the accusers, the righteous, and the ordinary. John Proctor’s struggle to save his wife, Elizabeth, to end the trials, and to preserve his honor take center stage as the drama unfolds. Commonly described as the ‘tragic hero,’ the text of The Crucible clearly portrays Proctor as a virtuous man who overcomes his personal flaws and who stands…

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    Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, Jane Austen’s more commonly known and most beloved romantic couple to the masses. Despite being perfect for one another, they definitely didn’t start out as the most romantic couple in the novel. Many wish they had simply saved themselves the trouble of the second engagement and the near year of struggling and tension between the two by Elizabeth settling for Darcy’s attitude and rudeness the first time as other young women of her time would have done, in…

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