Mary Ann Liebert

Although Abigail Williams does not physically appear in Act II of The Crucible, her presence casts a long shadow over the act. She has a powerful influence over Salem. The town dynamics change and the social order is altered as Abigail Williams assumes more and more prestige. For instance, Elizabeth learns of Abigail’s newfound power and control in the town: “Abigail brings the other girls into the court, and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel. And folks are brought…

In Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, the two symbols that are associated with Tom Fury are the lightning rods and the ice from the shop. “Never seen a rod like this,” (Bradbury 7) “that’s Egyptian,” (Bradbury 7) and “Where does thunder go when it dies?” (Bradbury 8) best shows the lightning rod symbol representing Tom Fury. Bradbury does this by describing how Tom Fury gave a lightning rod to Jim and Will (Bradbury 7). The boys thought that the lightning rod was peculiar and…

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible tells a story during the time period of the Salem Witch Trials. It showed how easily the most innocent people could be accused of witchcraft. The unfair and unjust trail led the execution of nineteen individuals. Elizabeth’s loyalty to her husband demonstrates how the bond between human relationships should be crucially repaired. First of all, in Act 2, Elizabeth bitterly insists that her husband go to Salem to address Abigail as a fraud. Elizabeth is expressing…

Mary Shelley purposely has the female characters portray innocence throughout the novel Frankenstein, while the male, Victor has a large ego that conflicts with the females lives. It leads to the destruction of Justine first, by having his ego block him from setting the innocent women free from the crime that he committed. His worry of his ego being lowered, caused him to not stand up for Justine. Due to his worry of his ego being faltered he tries to boast it up by leaving Elizabeth alone to…

In this quotation, Proctor is speaking to Abigail about their problems from the past. Proctor tries to get away from his problems with her because it has brought him shame and doubt in his life. Abigail would be significant because she explains the details of what has happened back in the past with John Proctor. She tries to take away or kill John Proctor’s wife as of taking him for herself. In the world today, many people are seen to have lust or greed because of how they are feeling. Some…

Mary Shelley’s gothic novel Frankenstein portrays the theme of isolation and all its negative effects on the characters. The creature is most affected by alienation from society and a lack of community. No one throughout the creatures life shows him complete acceptance. The creature’s disfigurement further divides him from those around him and inhibits his desire to join society. The creature’s feelings of solitude and abandonment by Victor provide it with a vengeful goal and reason to live.…

Objects of Pity, Bordering on Contempt of Mary Wollstonecraft’s A vindication of the Rights of Woman. Chapter 5 is Wollstonecraft’s analysis and arguments against the opinions of Enlightenment philosophers surrounding the female character and education. Chapter 5 will explore the opinions of Jean- Jacques Rousseau, Dr Fordyce, Dr Gregory, and Baroness de Staël. This paragraph will set out to analyse the arguments made by Jean- Jacques Rousseau alongside Mary Wollstonecraft. Many opinions of…

This class was amazing! It has shown me about how the science and technology worlds and the literature world often merge to create works warning of omnipotence, greed, mental illness and self-destruction. We have entered into an exciting era of great advancement in the world of Nanotechnology. Smaller, lighter, stronger and faster is the new way of the technological world. We will be inventing fabrics that can repel anything dangerous from entering our bodies and NanoBots that can cure…

but the truth is this: as much of a debt they think their family owes them, they owe their family just as much; as much as they believe they are plagued with the misfortune of having those people so close in their lives, the feeling is often mutual. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a novel focused on Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who aims to create life, but does not foresee the consequences. He neglects his creation as well as his family in the process, which leads to several heart breaking…

Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein: A Modern Prometheus has played a huge role in pop culture since it was published in 1818. From movies, numerous plays, and allusions in other works of art, many people have fallen in love with the story. What some people might not know is that the story was made like a spider web from a combination of ideas and influences that Shelley then weaved to create this story. Even though the novel is about a mad scientist who brings back the dead, one of the…