Gallows

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the characters are so concerned with their reputations that it causes them to lie, go to the gallows, and overestimate their knowledge in the events taking place in Salem. Abigail Williams showed the importance of her reputation by lying and threatening during difficult situations. Abigail “and a group of young girls reportedly danced and practiced abominations in the woods: where the witchcraft hysteria begun.” (1) Abigail’s uncle, Parris, a powerful…

Historically, many techniques have been used while executing most death penalty offenders. Often, their punishment was severely harsh and used a variety of methods, ranging from flogging, stoning, beheading, and even burning at the stake (Allen, Latessa, & Ponder, 2016). The ongoing debate with capital punishment is whether not the methods used for executions are cruel and unusual. Chief Justice wrote, “A method of execution violates the 8th amendment only if it deliberately designed to inflict…

Over many historical adaptions of movies in Hollywood has always twisted the story of historical books and events to serve the purpose of the movie. The 1959 movie Ben-Hur is no exception , based off of the book Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ written by Lew Wallace in 1880 tells a biblical story that intertwines thwith faith and the power of forgiveness. With a huge theatrical production like Ben-Hur with its elegent music score and production sets that brings to life the ancient cities, culture,…

Narrator: It is late 1692, the height of the Salem Witch trials. Today we hope to put on display a purely hypothetical reproduction of this trial. Let it be noted that the characters present in this trial are not based upon any one person of Salem and have made up histories and lives. Keeping this into account, any connections between these characters and those who really did live in Salem are to further flesh out the characters and have no basis in reality. What these characters and events do,…

In the next stage of Elie’s relationship with God, we start to see him doubting God and thus Elie’s conflict with his faith in God begins. He states, “As for me I had ceased to pray...I was not denying His existence but I doubted His Absolute Justice “ (45). As Elie experiences dehumanization and witnesses atrocities be committed by the Nazis, he begins questioning his and can’t understand why God has yet to intervene. The Holocaust exposes to Elie the cruelty, selfishness, and true evil of…

Brutality like what is seen in the book A Tale of Two Cities, doesn’t come out of the woodwork. It must be nurtured and fed, groomed. Brutality shown in the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, comes from pure, unadulterated hatred. It comes from years of oppression and social bullying. There are two prisons in the book; La Force and the Bastille. And many punishments for those like the characters Gaspard and Doctor Manette. All of these prisons are places of horrendous mistreatment…

Many characters in On the Waterfront, a movie directed by Elia Kazan, and The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller, parallel each other; however, in both works the creator takes an opposite stance portraying them. The mob in On the Waterfront parallels those accused of witchcraft in The Crucible, Charley Malloy is a parallel to Elizabeth Proctor, and Johnny Friendly is a parallel to John Proctor. Each of these characters are in a similar position to their parallel, however they are…

escape judgment from others. Another reason the infected were afraid, was because the thinking of many people during that time was to “Quarantine the diseased, gallows to punish and frighten the violators.” (Document 6). This may have scared many people into hiding as they did not want to be separated from their family or be sent to the gallows as punishment. While some people went into hiding in fear of being quarantined, others took more desperate measures and literally tried everything they…

outpouring with anger, confusion, and pride within himself. Proctor knows that if gives them the letter than he would feel terrible knowing that he convicted himself of a wrongdoing that he didn’t do. As the officials lead Proctor up the hill to the gallows, Proctor although scared, Proctor felt at peace with…

In the novel Night by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, there are several quotes that hold significance. These quotes discuss when he questions his beliefs; the deaths that occur around him; and how he soon had more faith in the man destroying his people than anyone else. Through them, the reader sees the heartache and destruction cast upon someone who had gone through this tragic event. In all, Eliezer’s words almost bring a sense of understanding to those who didn’t witness these events…