Rebecca Nurse

Ding…..Ding….Ding…. The sound of distant bells filled my ears. As soft and quiet as they were, they still deafened my ears and head. I pulled my worn shawl over my shoulders as a small act of comfort. Although it was a mild and pleasant day for February, it would suppress the current dreaded chill running down my spine.Today was the day would witness the trial of the accused witch Rebecca Nurse. I took a shuddering breath and pulled the shawl close to me. I picked up the cup if tea I had setv on the table and took a sip. The warmness of my homemade brew defrosted my veins. The taste of my profession relaxed me somewhat. “You should leave the shall,” my husband commented as he walked in from our bedroom. He tightened a tie around neck, the type you would wear to parties or, more fittingly, funerals. He looked up to me with a blank expression. “It’s tattered and homely, and this is a very formal event. You need to dress for the part.” “This is a trial, not a ball ,Gabriel.” I reminded him gently. “If we find out that crone is a witch, will there not be a cause for celebration?” Gabriel responded. “It is our job as God’s faithful followers to purge the world…

The story of Medea, written by the Greek poet Euripides, is about a woman who goes on a vengeful killing spree, after being scorned by her husband, Jason. Having already killed prior to that her scorn fed her murderous impulses. Her worldview indicates that she prays to the gods/goddess to go unpunished for her sins. She seeks out revenge for those who have caused her pain. As a result, Medea believes that revenge is justified. Medea seeks revenge to justify how her husband Jason has mocked…

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play about early America during the witch trials. In the Crucible a antagonist, Abigail Williams, had accused and had deadly sins and her dark heart blam people of witch craft, she also wanted to have an affair with a married man. One of the most responsible deadly sin in this play was lust and greed. Both play a key role in the story. Lust is what Abigail had, greed is what a lot of people had in Salem and some had lust and other deadly sins. Lust is an…

other throughout the play. The character that I will be analyzing is Rebecca Nurse, a respected individual in the community because of her kindness. Rebecca’s husband is Giles Corey who feels that he can no longer prayer because he saw Rebecca reading, which he mentions to Reverend Hale. Reverend Hale investigate witch trials and finds it intriguing that Giles’ wife may be a witch. Since Rebecca is well respected there is a woman who is jealous of her life, Mrs. Putnam. Mrs. Putnam is married to…

Arthur Miller’s renowned play, The Crucible, was written at a time of mass hysteria within America, scripting the parallel between the McCarthyism era and the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Throughout his play, the concept of reputation and good name was emphasised significantly through the importance individuals placed on their social standing and reputation in the village. Many characters, including John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse, believed their reputations were of paramount importance as they…

Scriptural Response Two In this paper, I will write a scriptural response to the assigned reading of the NIV Study Bible and the Wiersbe Bible Commentary. I will write my response to chapters twelve through fifty of Genesis and chapters fourteen through thirty-eight of the Wiersbe Bible Commentary. Main Characters Abram and his wife Sarai (later God renames them Abraham and Sarah) Sarai is also Abrams half-sister, daughter of Abram father, are two of the main characters. They could be describe…

presentation of women The presentation of women is a prominent theme in both Rebecca and Birthday letters. In Rebecca the narrator is shown as chained by the gender roles of her society. Written in 1938 Daphne Du Maurier breaks the conventions of society by creating a character and a story line that was deemed socially unacceptable at the time. In contrast Birthday Letters shows the biased interpretation of Ted Hugh’s and Sylvia Plath’s relationship which led to Sylvia becoming a feminist icon…

The saying is “Behind every great man is a great woman”, for Augustine and his mother Monica that became a definite conclusion. Without the affections of his mother Monica where would Augustine have ended up? Studies of women of noble virtues are revered and upheld by the Catholic Church as Saints. A very prime example of a woman of such virtue would be Monica or known in the Catholic sector as St. Monica. Monica is regarded as a woman of worth, a woman of prayer and tears. With grand virtues…

In Rebecca Skloot’s book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the author reveals a real-life story about the life of Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta Lacks was an African American woman who was diagnosed with a fast-growing cervical cancer at a very young age. The cells retrieved from her cervical tumor, later termed “HeLa”, became the first immortal cell that could survive in the lab and replicate continuously without dying. These cells later became key components to the development of many…

sent her home. When symptoms continued, she examined herself and found a lump on her cervix. With her new discovery, Henrietta went back and convinced the gynecologist that she had something more than an STD. What the doctor discovered, was a cancerous tumor, but what they all didn’t realize was that Henrietta had the key to immortal life living within her. Henrietta’s cells became known in the science world as “HeLa” and are helping researchers around the world learn about human cells and how…