William and Mary

revenge, revealing the hypocrisy of the Puritans. Throughout the play, Abigail Williams abuses the court the most by lying ultimately to seek vengeance from Goody Proctor, the wife of the man she loves. Abigail claims Goody Proctor made a voodoo doll of her and stabbed a needle through her stomach. As the reader knows, Abigail is trying to kill Goody Proctor; therefore, it is assumed that Abigail herself made Mary Warren stick the needle in the doll to help frame Goody Proctor. This would be…

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley also writes about the theme of secrecy. When the character Victor knows that Justine did not kill William but that the creature killed William he felt so much guilt and is overcome with this feeling of disgust within himself. In chapter eight Victor says, “During the whole of this wretched mockery of justice I suffered living torture”(Shelley 67). The theme of secrecy is tied too Shelleys belief that secrecy causes torture, because keeping important information is not…

town of Salem all started being paranoid, and because of the already rigorous society people lived in, the mentality of civilians were not stable any longer.9 Mass hysteria majorily affects main characters including Abigail WIlliams, Mary Warren, and Tituba. Abigail Williams was a very jealous woman, wanting to always get back at people for their mistakes.10 The hysteria majorily played a role into her life and the people that she accused of witchcraft. She has sent a shocking number of people…

In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller each of the main characters played a role in causing the events that occurred. Abigail Williams and John Proctors affair was probably one of the biggest reasons for the events that occurred in Salem during the year 1692. In The Crucible it was Abigail Williams’s flaws – Dishonesty, Jealousy, and Lust – that led her to be most responsible for the tragedy of the witch-hunt in Salem. Abigail showed dishonesty by saying that Elizabeth Proctor always kept…

self-preservation and guilt were constant through the whole book. Three characters by the names of Abigail Williams, John Proctor and Parris roles are revolved around these 2 themes. I have picked these three characters to be on the front cover of my movie poster because of not only how much they appear in the book but because of how closely related their character traits are to the main themes. Abigail Williams is the poster child for self-preservation. She…

Mary Shelley disagrees with her character DeLacey’s view of human nature in her book Frankenstein. DeLacey’s belief is that “the hearts of men, when unprejudiced by any obvious self-interest, are full of brotherly love and charity” (122). The way the rest of the characters act, displays that DeLacey was written as a contrast to Mary Shelley’s more negative view on human nature. Individuals in her book all reacted to Frankenstein’s creation the same way, with fear and negativity, not stopping to…

Abigail Williams is Parris' niece. She instigates the witch trials by falsely accusing others of witchcraft. She pretends to see spirits and instructs the other girls to pretend as well. Abigail is a devious child. Abigail is the exact opposite of Elizabeth. Abigail represents the repressed desires sexual and material that all of the adults possess. The difference is that Abigail does not suppress her desires. She finds herself attracted to Proctor while working in the Proctor home,,…

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play published in the early 1950s. Even though that is 67 years ago, the play is a piece of text that can help modern Americans. The famous Spanish-American philosopher, George Santayana, once said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” The Crucible can teach modern Americans to not listen to the loudest voice they hear, but to listen and take into consideration every voice. The media is a major part of modern America and as time…

In the story Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, she conveys a number of themes throughout the story through Victor Frankensteins and other character’s actions. The themes displayed by Mary Shelley are Isolation and Idealism which caused eventually everyone’s downfall. Isolation is the true evil in Frankenstein. More than revenge, the monster wanted a companion to heal his pain of being alone and rejected. "Every night I was oppressed by a slow fever, and I became nervous to a most painful degree;…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein displays a vast amount of emotions that vary from morose, melancholic anguish, to unfathomable ire. There are six scenes which stood out due to the tone and atmosphere revolving around those junctures. When Victor is faced with the death of his mother, he becomes despondent, when Elizabeth is murdered, he is dejected and feels a sense of loss like no other, this can be intensified with music which reciprocates that feeling.In addition, Victor is tormented and…