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    James Town Case Study

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    Specific troubles James Town faced was the crew ate all the food they had on the ship therefore no food when they landed. When packing, they couldn’t pack food for the new world, only when they were on the ship. In the time that the mayflower arrived, it was winter and many got sick and died. The cold took over their bodies and hunger in addition to dehydration also took many lives. Thankfully the Natives noticed the struggle. They gave them corn and taught them how to grow it. When working…

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    Nicole Callow English 3 Mr. Bertelsen 8 October 2017 Abigail Lies Why would you lie to make someone else’s life worse to make yours better? How stuck up can a person be. In The Crucible, Abigail Williams does this several times. It all started when they’re all in the forest and then again with John Proctor. When Parris first finds out about the girls in the forest and sees them, Abigail lies and tells them that Tituba told them to do all of it and it’s all her fault. The girls were all…

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    court came to. One of the main characters in The Crucible is John Proctor, wife to Elizabeth Proctor. With John making a huge mistake that he would later regret, he struggles to repair his relationship with himself and his wife as well as forgiveness. Initially, John Proctor had an affair with Abigail Williams, a young girl. In the play it states, “Abigail: John I am waitin’ for you every night” (Miller 22). Abigail has fallen in love with John after their affair, knowing he is a married man,…

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    each other, and families were torn apart. The person most to blame for the chaos is John Proctor, John took advantage of a young woman named Abigail Williams when his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, was ill. John used Abigail as a distraction from his sick wife and when Elizabeth found out about the affair she fired Abigail. As a child, Abigail witnessed her parents being murdered and she had no one to look up to, John showed her new ways to view the world, how to love and how to be loved. When he…

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    According to William Shakespeare “I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.” People sometimes love the person so much it hurts, and that should be the case in every relationship to show true love. It’s hard to show someone that type of feeling. People should love with all their heart. In Much Ado About Nothing written by William Shakespeare, the couple of Benedick and Beatrice is more realistic in terms of today's society than the couple of Claudio and Hero. Beatrice…

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    Abigail Williams can be described as a deceitful and manipulative character that has an affair with John Proctor and would do anything to protect her and John, Abigail would never play around when it came to getting in trouble or ruining her chances with John Proctor. It seems that Abigail thinks that lying is one thing to get her through life without consequences, she figures that she could avoid getting in trouble by making up stories to cover up her practicing witch craft. Abigail was a…

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    Although the world-renowned playwrite and poet, William Shakespeare, seemed to be the golden standard of literature, newly excavated information regarding the life and career of the man left the world in shock. Shakespeare, commonly referred to as “The Bard”, remains a mysterious figure to this day despite the extensive plays and sonnets he established back in the day. The man’s life and legacy, as well as his accomplishments throughout his life, is often studied and interpreted around the…

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    Because of Her If you don’t control your mind someone else will. It is very easy to get manipulated by other people. People who have read The Crucible would say Abigail Williams is the most loathsome in this story because she evilly persuades the girls to do what she is doing. When Parris found the girls in the wood dancing they knew they were in inscrutable trouble. The first thing Abigail did was accused another person for her actions “She made me do it…” (Miller, 1154), by that statement she…

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    these trials? Abigail Williams, a selfish, deceitful, and known as a whore, is the most to blame for the events in The Crucible. The rope awaits her for the agony she has caused. Miss Abigail Williams and John Proctor had had an affair once, when she worked for him and Goody Proctor. She was willing to do anything to get back in John Proctor’s pants, and to also to take his last name, of course this means to come up with many ways on how to make sure Goody…

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    Governance In The Tempest

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    After reading John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government and William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, readers witness two vastly different forms of governing. One of The Tempest’s main characters, Prospero, perceives himself as the only one fit to be the sole bearer of power. This form of thinking may be due to his upbringing where he originally had a copious amount of control. Locke on the other hand, trusts people’s rights to be held in the hands of the people. There are a few examples in…

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