Massachusetts

the sudden shift that occurs after an increasing amount of Europeans colonize the area. Cronon begins the novel with Henry David Thoreau, a well-known naturalist, who sought to identify the differences between the William Wood’s experiences in Massachusetts and his own. Thoreau starts off his observations with the wild meadow grasses, stating that there used to be an abundance of them. If his observations were accurate, it is implied that strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries, and currants…

Relying on yourself was a major understanding in the minds of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau, who were both part of the transcendentalist movement. Transcendentalism evolved in the middle of the 19th Century with the help of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau. Transcendentalists believed the only way to learn the truth about God, the universe, the self, and everything else, one must transcend everyday human experience to a higher being existence in nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson is “The…

the aforementioned conventional beliefs that a woman’s say is not worth that of a male prove to prevail when Winthrop rules Hutchinson should be banished. This mentality highlights the overall idea that freedom and tolerance in the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies was subjective and at the discretion of the higher authorities. Freedom was only truly observed by those who shared the same beliefs as the Puritans as a whole, and tolerance was not observed when an individual strayed from…

In the Puritan society of Salem, Massachusetts, lechery presented an insurmountable flaw in one’s character. The damage enacted by a charge of lechery to one’s reputation would, likewise, present an insurmountable obstacle to acceptance. In order to preserve his reputation, John Proctor, understandably…

A dark time in American history in the late sixteenth hundreds when men and women were believed to be in the mist of evil sprits. The Salem witch trials were a chain of trials against supposed witches in Salem Massachusetts. The initial event that started the beliefs was when the Betty, the ten year old daughter of Reverend Samuel Parris and his niece, eleven year old Abigail began to have sudden uncontrollable bodily convulsions which mimicked demonic actions; which led Parris, ministers, and…

Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts on July 12, 1817. His home was about twenty miles outside of Boston. Born to John and Cynthia Dunbar Thoreau, he was the third of four children in his family. Helen and John were his older sister and brother; Sophia was his younger sister. Helen was five years older, and John Jr. was two years older; Sophia was two years younger than he was. He received a primary and secondary education at a public school in Concord and the private Concord…

The play is set in a highly religious community whose people are utterly devoted to God and the ten commandments. Arthur Miller writes about the witchcraft trials that took place in Salem, Massachusetts, in the year of 1692. The playwright has taken a similar personal experience and related it to the time period of the 1960s, this relates to the "Red Scare" that happened in America when suspected communists were tried. The characters in this play are in a perpetual struggle to prove their…

Taking place between 1775 and 1783, the American Revolution was a debate that had ascended out of creating strains between inhabitants of Great Britain's 13 states and the typical government, which tended to the British crown. Battles between the British troops and Minutemen at Lexington and Concord in the year 1775 began the equipped fight, and in the going to summer, the instigators were looking for after a massive war for their autonomy. France had joined in on the American Revolution for the…

Introduction and Thesis Statement – Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a novel set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Its primary focus is the description of the chaos, struggles and difficulties which arise as a result of the witch trials taking place during this time. The Crucible has been referred to as a “Morality” play. A morality play is a drama in which the characters personify qualities or concepts such a having virtues or vices and generally involves a conflict between right and wrong or…

people in the United States, without proper regard for evidence. In the story The Crucible, which was written by Arthur Miller in 1953, an allegory of McCarthyism was displayed, along with a dramatized story line. The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. In the novel, Abigail Williams acts as a selfish and manipulative conformist in Salem. Abigail clings to the traditional and accepted behaviors in the small town, falsely accusing others of witchcraft. Just like in today’s…