Richard Warren Sears

There are many superstitions surrounding Shakespeare’s Macbeth, from the presence of the witches in the play to even speaking the play’s title. This paper examines these superstitions and explains them in a modern context. To start, we must understand the time in which the play was written. Before the invention and spread of the internet, people did not understand things as well as we do now, so something unexplained often was confused with magic. Therefore, superstitions were made up over the…

The Crucible is a dramatic play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a tragic drama based on The Salem witch trials and the lies and deceit during an affair in a marriage. It is set in a puritan town in Salem, Massachusetts during 1692-1693. John Proctor is a good man, a husband, and a local farmer. He speaks with a sharp tongue and values his honest reputation. His strong sense of pride and integrity makes him fear what others will think of him if they find out his lust filled sin.…

Tituba and says that Tituba made her do witchcraft, and made her drink blood. Here in this scene, she sees it's easier to accuse people and not get punished than getting hung for her own actions. Finally, in act 1, Mercy, Mary Warren and Abigail are all in Betty's room. Mary Warren says she never did anything in the woods. Abigail tells them that if they peep a word of anything that happened that night, she will come to them in the dead of night and kill them. Here we see that abigail is a liar…

I found that the fridging of Dinah Lance in Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters, was a bit different that the traditional definition of the act. Though Dinah is brutally tortured, she is not killed or disabled afterwards, so her death isn’t a meaningless act. However, the purpose of the scene is to force Ollie or Green Arrow to kill her torturer, without hesitation, an act only solicited by Dinah’s kidnapping. Also I did find that females were objectified throughout the comic, or at least stripped…

“Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air we all cherish our children’s future. And we are all moral.” John F. Kennedy. November 22 ,1963, is a day that will be marked down as one of the worst murders in history. There are many conspiracies that are associated with with the murder of our thirty-fifth president, John F. Kennedy, some believe that one single lunatic is responsible. Others believe there is more to it, that there was a deeper plan…

In "The Cruicble", townspeopleof Salem Massachutes, panicked about witches, claiming the devil was amoung them. In today's modern world, mass hysteria is not a new idea or concept. In 2012 the world panicked about the world ending. In the Aztec calendar , the years counted go up to 2012. People took it in the wrong way and assumed the whole world will come to an end that year. Due to this misunderstanding, 2012 was the most feared year, influnencing end of the world movies. Like as in the book…

I believe that JonBenet Ramsey was killed by her brother and that the parents covered up the murder. I also believe that the evidence points towards this conclusion. My version of events starts with the father putting JonBenet to bed on Christmas night. I believe that JonBenet got out of bed and went downstairs where she stole a piece of Burke’s pineapple. He got angry and hit her on the head with the flashlight. He then took a track from his train set and hit her in the side to see if she…

Act I takes place in the different barn, on Shrove Tuesday, 1601, the night before the execution of the Earl of Essex. Ned, in his thirties, enters, swearing while trying to take off his costume. He is infuriated because Jack as Benedick forgot his line which was a cue for Ned as Beatrice to turn on the stage during the performance before Queen Elizabeth I. The possibility of Ned walking off the stage and the potential humiliation from it makes Ned more and more furious. Slowly other members of…

From the moment she first caught the imagination of her people in war-torn France, Joan of Arc has been the subject of many controversies. Was she a visionary or a witch? Did she seek personal fame, or was her concern only for the king and country? Did she really hear voices, or did she just make it all up for attention and fulfillment of her selfish motives? And if she did hear voices, was she delusional? Or could it be that she was truly touched by God? At our great distance of half a…

In the beginning of this section, Hester Prynne hears rumors that Pearl will be taken away from her as she is seen as an unfit mother due to her sins. She goes to Governor Bellingham's house to deliver some gloves and to ask him about these rumors. While in the house, Pearl points out her and Hester's reflections in some of the armor, and Hester is horrified since the majority of her image is taken by the Scarlet Letter. He later, along with Chillingworth, Dimmesdale, and Wilson, claims that he…