William and Mary

feminie nurture. In the gothic fiction novel, Frankenstien, by Mary Shelly, females possess vital feminine nurture and empathy. However, because Frankenstein has dominating masculinity, he lacks feminine qualities, preventing the monster’s nurturing upbringing. This lack of nurture leads the monster down a path of violence and vengeance, demonstrating to the reader the horrifying repercussions of overbearing masculinity. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley exhibits the monster’s violence due to…

In Mary Shelley’s days of her childhood, youth, and as a young woman, Mary had losses, tragedies, but as well also had discovered new inspirations from her traumatic events that she would later use for her dearly beloved book “Frankenstein” as she got older. Firstly, Mary had already undergone a traumatic event when she was born, so due to that circumstance her Mother dies from the complications of childbirth after a short month. Already, Mary Shelley holds a great guilt that she was the reason…

The central motif in Mary Shelley's Graphic novel Frankenstein in the contrast between Victor Frankenstein and God. God was worshiped by many people and Frankenstein wanted to be so he tried to create a human, but instead created a hideous creature with glowing eyes, black lips and outstanding white teeth. Victor describes his creation as “beautiful” yet also hideous because of its features. On of the most recognizable co Mary Shelley contrasts Victor’s creation of the monster to God’s creation…

The dark forces where greed, lying and wanted people dead. The main girl that wanted people or a person dead was Abigail Williams. She wanted Elizabeth Proctor dead so she will be John Proctors wife. John and Abby had an affair and Abby wanted Proctor to be with her for the rest of her life. So Abby went with Tituba and all the other girls to the woods where they danced and was making a love charm for whoever they loved. After that they did not want to get caught so they lied to the people in…

Abigail Williams, the manipulative niece of Parris, has the deeper wish to murder Goody Proctor, and take her place as John’s wife; this motive provokes her to drink blood and cast charms, to express evil’s existence in the courtroom, and to frame Elizabeth with a poppet--all of these causing conflict and excitement to rise in Salem. After having an affair with John, Abigail is dismissed from her job as a servant in the Proctor’s household; being away from her lover for so long makes Abby…

between June and September of 1692, nineteen men and women were hanged for witchcraft, and fifty five confessed that they were witches. In history and in the play, Reverend Parris begins to think that his daughter, Betty, is ill because she and Abigail Williams have been influenced by witches. Parris fears the fact that this might ruin his reputation if his enemies were to find out that there was word of witchcraft under his roof. While Parris tries to discover the truth, Abigail, tells him the…

The play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is about the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts during the late 1600’s. Abigail Williams, one of the main character, is known to be one who gets away with anything by putting the blame on others. At the beginning of the play, Abigail and her friends are dancing in the forest when two girls faint. The Puritan town believes that this has to do with witchcraft. The gullible town members believe the words of Abigail when she accuses innocent people of…

In the excerpt located on pages 1033 to 1035, Abigail Williams, Mercy Lewis, and Mary Warren gather and converse in the bedroom of an ill Betty Parris to form a consistent story about the events that occurred in the forest, prior to the ailments of Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam. Abby initiates the conversation in hope to evade any possible inconsistencies in each girl's story, that would lead to the group receiving any sort of punishment. The conversation begins between Abby and Mercy. Abby…

Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein was inspired by the works of Benjamin Franklin combined with tragedy in her own life. Benjamin Franklin’s work with electricity only 66 years earlier had filled society with excitement over the possibilities for its uses, including the potential to re-animate the dead. Mary Shelley 's past was filled with death; losing three children, a stepsister, and her mother. Victor Frankenstein combined these two influences to fight death with electricity, and brought…

Crucible is shown in the court. When Mary is trying to testify, all of the other girls respond, “Girls, raising their fists: Stop it! Mary Warren, utterly confounded and becoming overwhelmed by Abby’s [Abigail’s] utter conviction, starts to whimper” (Miller 116). The word “confounded” relates to the topic of bedazzlement since Mary was not able to control the girls. This demonstrates her losing strength. When Miller writes the word “confounded”, he illustrates that Mary is an example of the…