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In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the symbolic meaning of the “A” worn by Hester Prynne is central throughout the novel. However, the meaning of the “A” shifts in the novel due to society’s view of Hester. For many years after the Massachusetts magistracy forces Hester to wear the “A,” the letter maintains its original meaning: adultery. This accusation originates from Hester’s affair with Arthur Dimmesdale while she is married to Roger Chillingworth, resulting in her pregnancy.…

A fundamental and timeless part of literature from the Salem Witch Trials to the Red Scare to present day Disney movies, evil antagonists provide a source of conflict for a story. Author, Arthur Miller instills villain qualities in one of his main characters, Abigail. The Crucible, a story written about the Salem Witch Trials, demonstrated the power of those who strived for it compared to the outcasts living in Salem during those times. In charge of accusing men and woman of appearing with…

with their chief bodyguard. The bodyguard later on betrayed the family and by working with the police to capture her family but luckily she escaped. To avenge her family, she tricked the judge who had put her father to jail and poisoned him. Then within the prison, she seduces the bodyguard then later on stabs him. As she was now identified as a murderer, she decides to flee Italy but was chased by the police. She then hid from them by entering the convent. Following her would be sister…

Even today in the twenty-first century there has been mass hysteria such as, 2012 when the world was going to end, and there were many reasons and resolutions to 2012 hysteria. In 2012, a mass hysteria surged through the public in the United States. The entire public panicked thinking the world was going to end. A smiliar public hysteria occurred during the 1600's when the town of Salem believed that Lucifer walked with them and that there were witches among them. In both situations of…

During the Salem witch trials, over two hundred people were accused of using witchcraft and twenty people were executed. Even those who were innocent were hanged because they refused to falsely confess to the crime that they didn’t commit. Those who were accused of using witchcraft and confessed to doing it would presumably have their name blackened in the village. Despite women being the most vulnerable to being accused of witchery during this period, the most responsible person for the…

Attics, we use them for storage. A great way to save space, and also one of the more "creeper" areas within our homes. So, this got me thinking, why do important scenes in horror movies take place within the attic? I mean, they are prevalent in in films that utilize them to house cursed objects, ghosts, spirits, demons, and ext. I studied this by picking 3 artifacts that use the attic well, review sources that analyze why or how the attic is used, how I did all this, and analyzing the scenes…

girls started displaying wild and peculiar behavior that a local doctor, William Griggs, diagnosed as bewitchment. The Salem Witch Trials had a negative impact on American history because it caused mass hysteria that spread throughout colonial Massachusetts, was fueled by residents suspicion of and resentment toward their neighbors, and the belief in the devil's practice of giving certain humans the power to harm others in return for their loyalty.…

What do we know about Salem? Salem is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. Salem is a New England bedrock of history and is considered one of the most significant seaports in Puritan American history. Salem was founded in 1629 by the Puritans. Puritans, the people who did not recognize the authority of the official church and followers of Calvinism in England in the XVI-XVII centuries. The increase in the refugee population in Salem, led to a shortage of arable…

On March 5, 1770, a group of colonists and British Officials met on the street. A fight broke out leaving four colonists dead. This event later became known as the Boston Massacre, as it took place in Boston, arguably the most rebellious of the thirteen colonies. The relation between the colonists and the British was tense, as expected, insults were often passed back and forth between the two parties. But the most violent exchange was the Boston Massacre which left the freed black man Crispus…

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play about witch trials in Salem. In the play, the whole village goes crazy about witchcraft. Abigail Williams accused that most of the innocent women in the village are witches. In this essay, I will prove that Elizabeth Proctor is a loyal, for justice, and jealous women. As it was said before Elizabeth Proctor is a loyal woman, even though John Proctor confessed lechery, she couldn’t put his reputation down. She lied in court when Danforth asked her if her…