Warren Court

passage of the 14th Amendment, judicial power was again substantially augmented with the implementation of three key clauses: the Privileges and Immunities, Due Process,and the Equal Protection clauses. Since the passage of the 14th Amendment, the Court has used these in its decisions to greatly affect the country, from Brown v Board of Education (1954), to Roe v Wade (1973), to this very summer, with Obergefell v Hodges (2015). These landmark cases demonstrate sweeping…

Proctor is an honorable man because of what he believes in he is a good man and he doesn’t believe in witchcraft. John is honorable by the things he does such as; willing to die for his belief, and willing to blacken his name by confessing to the court. John Proctor is willing to blacken his name by confessing to committing adultery with Abigail Williams also he tells reverend Hale he doesn't believe in witches. “In the proper place where my beasts are bedded on the last…

I am in the Salem General court where we are accusing those who we do not like to witchcraft. On the day we tried to raise the spirits, I tried to raise a spirit that would end Elizabeth. Considering that failed, I am going to kill her in the court, by declaring that she is a witch. I think John is playing with me, today I confronted him and he stood up for his wife. He will come for me soon i know he still loves me. I have everything planned with Mary Warren. She will plant the dole in…

your incubi and succubi;” (Miller.39) An example of hysteria is when Abigail saw the yellow bird in the court “Abigail,…

of Mary. They are all in the court trying to prove to the judge that Mary is now the devil , while they are doing that Mary is begging the girls to stop lying , but Abigail will do and say anything to keep her lie up . Abigail does not feel bad for making Mary suffer . “looking about in the air , clasping her arms about as though cold . I-I know not a wind has come . ( Her eyes fall on Mary warren). Abigail is pretending that the devil is now showing and at the court with them and she see’s it ,…

The book and/or play, The Crucible, is set in the 17th century back in Salem, Massachusetts where the witch hunts took place. One character, Mary Warren, is seen differently throughout the play. She’s the servant of John and Elizabeth Proctor, and is also a part of Abigail’s group of girls, to whom accuse innocent people of being witches. Mary Warren is a morally ambiguous character who is manipulated easily especially by Abigail Williams. She’s stuck between doing what’s right and what’s wrong.…

desperately in love with John and only cares that she be with him in the end, that she be the one it accept his love, even if it means sending an innocent woman to her death. The readers especially get to see how self centered Abigail is when she lies in court and the end result is John getting accused of witchcraft and getting sentenced to jail for it. Abigail let the man she loved die to save herself. She could have stopped it, she could have prevented many deaths, but that is not the way…

conscience by coming clean about his sins. Though they remain married, their relationship is extremely strained and Elizabeth refuses to forgive him for it. In Act 2, Mary Warren brings home a poppet for Elizabeth. Elizabeth is then arrested and charged with sending a spirit out to stab Abigail. Abigail saw Mary Warren sewing the poppet in court and put the needle in its stomach so she wouldn’t lose it, so she stages her own stabbing in the same place in an attempt to get rid of Elizabeth. This…

Why did Mary Warren have to go to Salem? How does she seem to feel about her new position? (Lines 182-319) Because she was named official of the court. 4. Why does everyone follow Abigail as if she were a “saint”?…

Proctor is taking Mary Warren to court to confess she lied about everything and so the girls. “ I cannot lie no more. I am with god, I am with god.” ( act 3 , 97, Miller) when this is having Mary knows she must tell the truth so she goes to court and tells the judge it was pretense meaning it was pretend and breaks down crying. Another way part of fear being shown is…