Lewis Hine

Lying comes naturally because it keeps telling others the truth, knowing the relationship between two people may suffer. In The Crucible written in 1953 by Arthur Miller, characters are prone to lie not just to themselves, but also to their own friends. The Salem Witch Trials prosecuted around eighty people to death for suspecting to be in contact with the Devil. Miller displays the major consequence for lying which results in death at the end. Characters in The Crucible lie in hopes of saving…

The Crucible is a play based on the 17th century Salem witch hunts. It is also a parable for the events in McCarthy’s era. The play is about people who are wrongly accused of helping the devil. The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller and was first performed in 1953, New York. It is set in a puritanical society where the people believe in hard work and little luxury. Their life is based around God, the bible and the ‘Ten Commandments.’ Pride and integrity are extremely important to them.…

When you open up a book and read about the Lewis and Clark expedition, it is likely that you are going to read about a woman named Sacagawea. But who exactly was Sacagawea? Uncovering and finding new discoveries have always served as a course of attraction for the travelers of the world. For instance John Smith adventurous Englishman who longed to see the world, but he probably never imagined that he would become famous for helping save a new colony. Many explorers trailed from all walks of life…

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller many characters are responsible for the outcome of the story. The Crucible is about three teenage girls who are caught dancing in the woods. Dancing was not allowed in Salem in 1692 and they knew that they would be punished. To avoid their punishment they accuse others of making them do it by using witchcraft. Innocent people are hanged because of the lie they made. This starts the Salem Witch Trials. Abigail Williams, one of the girls in the woods, is most…

“ I’m a good girl! She is evil!...Life is formed of many different things, and with many different people with strange ways you never expect to see out of them. One good example would be “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller.It is a magnificient play as a village is going through a questionable act that has taken place because of what a group of girls were caught doing. A major character named Abigail Williams is a very round character with multiple traits, as she encounters many different…

innocent people are hanged. Abby Williams can be considered one of the, if not the only, guilty parties. The entire scandal was set in motion by her actions. Instead of staying in Salem and “facing the music”, so to speak, Abby and her friend, Mercy Lewis, skip town (126). The Puritans believed that if an individual sinned, the individual deserved to be punished. Abby lied about her neighbors being witches, thus violating the commandment “Thou shalt not bear false witness”. However, Abby…

It all started when my boss/co-worker, President Jefferson,asked me a favor. He had recently purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, doubling the size of our country. Jefferson asked me to lead a group of men through the new land and discover its value and content. I gladly accepted the challenge. I am always in for a adventure. I also heard word of a reward! A few days after I wrote to my childhood friend, William Clark, asking him to join me in leading the exciting…

Out of the silent Planet is the first novel in Lewis’ overlooked space trilogy, it is a small book yet has a lot of information in it. In the opening work, we’re introduces to Dr. Ransom who falls into the clutches of two nefarious scientists, Weston and Devine. These men have constructed a space vessel, and intend to travel to the planet Malacandra, to hand Ransom over to the aliens who live there. After they land Ransom flees his human captors, but crosses paths with the same aliens he…

As the oar hit the water they began to hear something. It sounded like thumping or like the earth was shaking, suddenly hundreds of people which seemed like and army came out of nowhere. Half of the people went to one side and and the other half to the other side, when only one was left in the middle to speak. She demanded to know where they came from, who they were, and what they wanted from them. They replied that they came from England, and that they were travelers seeking new land. They…

In the Crucible, Abigail is portrayed as the villian, using her wits and countless lies to deceive the town into thinking that witchcraft is taking place in the small town of salem. Little did she know that she would be the cause of dozens of deaths, all because she was afraid to get in trouble. Her fear drove her to continue on with her fabricated stories, even after her beloved John Procter confronted her. Why Throughout the story abigail is constantly lying, wearing a false persona of a…