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    Abigail Williams: The Ultimate “Mean Girl” Abigail Williams serves as the ultimate mean girl; manipulating her friends, telling lies to save herself, and accusing others of death punishable crimes. She does not care what she has to do, she will get her way in the end even if that means others have to die. Abigail serves as the antagonist throughout The Crucible destroying other people 's lives with the only intentions of self happiness. It does not matter who one is, Abigail would throw them…

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    capable of promoting determination, fortitude, and a perceptive mind if demonstrated the correct way. In Mary Shelley’s case, it was problematic for her to pursue her goals because her family couldn’t provide her the mindset of assurance and self-confidence. Shelley never knew her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, who died a short amount of time after Shelley was born. Her reputation never perished, as Mary Shelley continued to carry out her mother’s writings and reputation on women’s rights and…

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    At the beginning of the movie, some village girls are dancing in the forest. One of the girls, Abigail Williams, drinks the blood of a chicken and wishes for Elizabeth Proctor to die. Reverend Samuel catches the girls and they run off. The next morning, Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam, two of the girls that were dancing on the forest, will not wake up. The Reverend’s is visited by two men, Giles Corey, believes that the girls were just acting out, and John Proctor, Abigail’s former lover. The…

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    trouble if he admitted anything, Abigail had power over him. Yes, Abigail might get in trouble but so would he. And possibly his wife. Mary Warren, the current servant for John Proctor was trying to also tell people who Abigail really is. Because Abigail has a higher power over Mary Warren, Mary isn’t successful and ends up getting blamed for witchcraft. When Mary Warren swears she never saw familiar spirits, Abigail says there is no truth in it.…

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    the witch trials began Marry Warren was an accuser of witchcraft. Marry Warren is an individual who as drawn into the injustice of witch trials. Her views change when Goody Proctor is accused of witch craft. Marry Warren gave Goody Proctor a poppet, “Mary Warren: ‘I made a gift for you today, Goody Proctor. I had to sit long hours in a chair, and passed the time with sewing.’” (Page 1056) the poppet is later to be used against Goody Proctor and make her be a person accused of witchcraft. When…

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    Ada Byron Research Paper

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    forever when she met Mary Somerville and Charles…

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    Salem’s Dynamic Mary Warren A dynamic character is defined as one who undergoes significant changes that all contribute to the overall plot of the piece. This serves as why over the course of a novel, play or poem, one may notice the specific transformations of certain characters. In the play The Crucible a specific character who goes by the name of Mary Warren, is a victim of the multitudinous witchcraft accusations. Warren uptakes a pivotal role in the town when it comes to witchcraft and the…

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    In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley writes as the creature, “My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy, and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change without torture such as you can not even imagine.” This quote reveals how the monster’s malevolence is a result of nurture and humanity’s harsh treatment of him. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley portrays humanity in a negative light because humans ostracize and oppress the creature…

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    several characters in Miller’s The Crucible, including John Proctor, Abigail Williams, and Mary Warren, are willing to take several different although equally drastic measures to protect their own name. In Act I of The Crucible it quickly…

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    people with the most scars become stronger people. In the novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, a character is forged together with dug up remains by Dr. Victor Frankenstein called “the creation.” Throughout the story the creation gets disrespected by society and even his own creator. This transforms him into a scarred monster who only seeks revenge and romance for one another. In the beginning of the story, Mary Shelley depicts the creations scarred mind with,”I remained during the rest of…

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