Mary Beth Hurt

1.1 Summarise theories of attachment The term attachment is widely used by psychologists studying children’s early relationships. An attachment can be thought of as a unique emotional tie between a child and another person usually an adult or a special toy or blanket. Research has repeatedly shown that the quality of these ties or attachments will shape a child’s ability to form other relationships later in life. Attachment theories have shaped practice in day-to-day child care and education but…

The Crucible the author Arthur Miller made a every significant change in the character of Reverend Hale. Reverend Hale was introduced to the play to convict people of being witches. As the story progresses, Reverend Hale begins to change into someone else. Reverend Hale shows great abundance of change so that he could possibly help the people of Salem. Then finally Reverend Hale at the end, he was trying to save the people that were falsely being convicted of being a witch. In the beginning,…

The title of the story is symbolic in that the literal things they carried with them were representative of their ranking. Jimmy Cross for example carries a different type of gun, maps, compasses, and the responsibility to secure his troops. Ted Lavender carried extra ammo, dope, tranquilizers, which proves him to not of made the most logical decisions. “more than 20 pounds of ammunition, plus the flak jacket and helmet and rations and water and toilet paper and tranquilizers and all the rest,…

She jerked her head sideways and Lennie’s finger closed on her hair and hung on.”(Steinbeck 91). In that situation if someone taught Lennie what to do he wouldn’t freak out and held on. He would let go and that thing he was holding on to wouldn’t get hurt. But they are wrong because people don’t kill other people that have a disability. That person with the disability should be help and taught. George was that person to help and teach Lennie. George shouldn’t have killed Lennie because he has a…

Towards the middle, Reverend Hale started noticing flaws in the court and the story of witchcraft which led him to be skeptical. One evening, Hale went to John Proctor’s house to investigate John’s wife, Elizabeth, for symptoms of witchcraft since she was mentioned of having witchcraft in the court. During that night, Elizabeth told John to tell Hale about how Abigael mentioned that witchcraft was fake. Hale shockingly says, “Abigail Williams told you it had naught to do with witchcraft” (pg 69)…

Reputation Essay According to the Webster Dictionary, Reputation defines as “the common opinion that people have about someone or something; the way in which people think of someone or something.” I believe an individual’s reputation defines all the characteristics of their personality. People hold only one reputation in their life. In The Crucible, John Proctor says “How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” (Page) This quote shows the importance of reputation…

discussing the many trials happening in the town. Elizabeth tries to get John to go into court and tell them what he knows about the Abigail and the girls. After he refuses, Elizabeth believes he still has feelings for Abby. The next morning John takes Mary to court as proof that the young ladies are lying about seeing the devil. This is to try and help save his wife and many others from being hung. In turn it ends with him being charged with working with the devil and being sent to jail. Three…

A woman who manipulated a court to believe she was innocent. A woman who accidentally got the man she was in love with was hung. The woman who was the culprit of starting the massive intensity of witchcraft and didn’t care about the deaths she caused was a vital character in The Crucible. Some people considered her a child, an innocent girl who would never tell a lie. Although, the readers as well as Abigail herself knew that despite her age, she was capable of doing outrageous and extreme…

The novel, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, tells a fictional story based on the events of the Salem Witch Trials. In the book, a group of young girls begin to accuse others of witchcraft and dealing with the devil. Their false accusations lead to mass hysteria and the dramatic deaths of 19 innocents. Although there were many characters who contributed to the chaos, it is obvious that Abigail Williams is most at fault since, from the beginning, she had the most control of the situation and used it…

“Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” With a group of children facing independent survival, William Golding challenges many readers to decipher what the “Beast” is in his novel, Lord of the Flies. As a matter of fact, he expresses that the beast is fear. According to Document A, entitled, “The terrors of the unknown,” it states,”...there are no comforting mothers to dispel the terrors of the unknown. They externalize these fears into the figure of a beast.” This illustrates that…