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    Act 2 starts with John and Elizabeth talking about things such as, Mary Warren, crops, and more. They begin to argue about John’s affair and how Elizabeth is being judgemental when really John is judging himself. Elizabeth ends up calling out John for being the judgemental and how the guilt is making him think that there is…

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    Not much is known about John Willard's early life like when and where he was born. However, what is known is that he spent his youth in Lancaster, Massachuetts, and then eventually moved to Groton and married Margaret Wilkins in the 1680s. The Wilkin family disapproved of the marriage, this disapproval would soon play a role in the salem trial. Willard was a deputy constable who contributed to helping arrest accused people of witchcraft. At one of the trials he is quoted as saying, " Hang them.…

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    “Innocent Until Proven Guilty” In The Crucible, Judge Danforth may have accidentally convicted an innocent person for a crime with which they were not involved. Even though Danforth may have done this, he should be considered innocent because of the false accusations the people made him believe. Considering there was a lot of false accusations and misconceptions, he should not be thought of as a false accuser; he may have gotten confused with all of the information that was being presented…

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    In Act I, it is revealed that Abigail Williams and John Proctor had an affair. Elizabeth Proctor learned this and kicked Abigail out. Later, they hire Abigail’s friend Mary Warren. Parris found his niece, daughter, and a few of their friends dancing in the woods. They were making a charm to try to kill Elizabeth. Throughout the whole play, we figure out that Abigail and the other girls were lying throughout the whole play. It seems like their main goal was to get Goody Proctor (Elizabeth) hanged…

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    Doing something you believed right then to be proved wrong is the worst fear someone can have, right? In Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, there was a ticking time bomb that would later explode into something bigger. The Crucible shows the corruption of one girl can cause. Reverend John Hale of Beverly comes to Salem to help the witch trials, but comes face to face to people being hanged for denying of being witch and living if they confess. People were being wrongly accused on the count of children…

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    being a witch, so they made up lies. Another way was selfishness or a form of lust, a superb example of this is, when Abigail threatens the girls to not tell anyone about her drinking the blood of Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail said to betty and Mary Warren,”Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” Abigail also believes that John still…

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    On the twenty second of November 1963, the 35th president of the United States John F Kennedy was assassinated before his third year in office. The gruesome and unexpected act took place in Dallas Texas, as the president traveled in a four-door convertible limousine. Along with him, his wife Jackie, Texas governor John Connally, and Connally wife Nellie traveled. The meeting was to discuss conflicts in the democratic party between liberal Ralph Yarborough and Don. At 12:30 pm the president was…

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    John proctor disclosed his affair with Abigail because he wants to get his wife and others accused out of being witches in the society. He wants the court to know why Abigail has been doing the things she has done. Johns attempt to be honest claiming that he did have an affair, which was a horrible sin. “PROCTOR: (Cries out.) Elizabeth, I have confessed it! “ (Miller 116) ELIZABETH: Oh, John! (Goes out.) PROCTOR: She only thought to save my name! (Miller 46) this all gets into a mess when…

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    Hocus Pocus (1993) Oh, where to begin on the film Hocus Pocus, other than it’s a must see! This amazing, and comical film is about the three Sanderson sisters who were sentenced to death over three hundred years ago for performing spells on young children. However, before their death, the Sanderson sisters perform a spell to be resurrected. They later come back centuries later after the new kid on the block, Max, lights a candle in order to scare his younger sister. But he is soon to discover…

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    Clowns have been terrorising the country for far too long. The clowns who are dressing up to lure children and women into the woods, chased people with weapons, and stood in front of cars to get them to stop have been taking this scare to a new level. These clown scares have been taking too far and now professional clowns are taking the blame for these fake clowns. This has cause an even bigger bad relationship with clowns. Clown sightings have caused a lot of commotion, which can lead to an…

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