Abagail Character Analysis

Adah being able to conduct palindromes subjects her to discrimination as well. The discrimination that she receives because of her palindromes comes from mostly her family. Ruth May describes this as weird when introducing Adah and explains that no one understands her. That is how Adah wants it to be. Based from a medical point of view, the coupling of hemiplegia with extreme intelligence is very unlikely.

Thomas Putnam profits remarkably in the Salem witch hunt . The person who initiates the event receives all the benefit. Is it a coincident? It is not. Thomas Putnam must have a plan. At the beginning of the play, the argument between Putnam, Giles, and Proctor shows contentions between people over land. “The tract is in my bounds, it’s my bounds, Mr. Proctor,” says Putnam(32). “I bought that tract from Goody Nurse’s husband five month ago,” Proctor replies Putnam(32). “He had no right to sell it. It stands clear in my grandfather’s will”, Putnam tries to show evidence(32). Later in the play, Rebecca Nurse, Giles Corey and John Proctor are prosecuted. To whom will the tract go to? Only Mr. Putnam can afford to buy. George Jacobs is hanged because of Ruth. “If Jacobs hangs for a witch he forfeit up his property-that’s law! And there is none but Putnam with the coin to buy so great a piece. This man is killing his neighbor for their land”(96). Putnam is a realistic person. His major plan is to become wealthier and destroy his oppositions in the witch hunt. In the end, Putnam completes his plan successfully.

Mr. Putnam is a very wealthy and influential man in Salem. As a result of him being driven by power and wealth he uses the witch trials to his advantage. In the past, the Nurses and the Putnams have had disputes: “Thomas Putnam’s man for the Salem ministry was Bayley. The Nurse clan had been in the faction that prevented Bayley’s taking office” (Miller 27). Thomas Putnam would have gained power by having his choice for the Salem ministry chosen. He would gain status and the favor of the leader of Salem, but the Nurse family stood in his way. This incident sparked anger in Mr. Putnam against the Nurse family and now he is out for revenge and he is using the trials to get it. Another grudge he has against the Nurses is connected to land: “Another suggestion to explain the systematic campaign against Rebecca, and inferentially against Francis, is the land war he fought with his neighbors, one of whom was a Putnam” (Miller 27). The Putnams have a history of fighting over land with the Nurse family and this gives him a motive to go after them and their land. Putnam’s desire for land and wealth also gives him the motivation to take the land from the Nurse family in any way he can, including blaming them for witchcraft. This dispute is important because it gives motive to the Putnams and shows their determination to get what they want.

The girls at the beginning of the play, avoided punishment by accusing others of the very things they were guilty of themselves. This desperate act of self-preservation resulted in the mass paranoia and atmosphere that gripped Salem for the continuance of the witch trials. By allowing audiences to see how dark desires and hidden agendas subsequentially drive people, Miller explores human motivation and the behaviour that results from it. Ironically, it is desire, sexual, material and physical desire that drives the people of Salem. For example, Abigail, full of desire for Proctor, seizes an opportunity to reverse fate and eliminate Elizabeth Proctor, by accusing her of witch craft. Elizabeth was the only person in Abigail’s eyes that was preventing her from marrying Proctor. In addition, Abigail’s status within the community is elevated and she gains power a young woman of her social status could have only dreamt of. Furthermore, the Putnam’s also seize the opportunity the witch trials create. Putnam has a hidden agenda, namely, land lust and his desire to elevate himself within the

When someone shows that their will is stronger than the others there is either a respect formed for them or heavenly wrath on brought down on said person. Salem is known for it's people and religion, one compliments the other if it pertains to what meets their requirements of respect. This respect can two-sided though, for example Putnam is respected for his status within the town as a minister but it is known that he is greedy for what he cannot obtain. As the witch trials are starting out, Putnam devises a plan to use the situation to his advantage and this proves that his will is as weak as the rest of the townspeople. ¨The proof is there! I have it from an honest man who heard Putnam say it! The day his daughter cried out on Jacobs, he said she'd given him a fair gift of land¨ (96). Instead of rising above the chaos and trying to stop it, he slinks through with a plot that could make him either well respected or equivalent to a flea. His sin of greed, for the power over another person and for ownership of land that is not his to

The play “The Crucible” demonstrates great themes of spite from many different characters. In a time of such chaos, these vengeful decisions led to many persecutions during the time of the witch trials. For example, Ann Putnam was jealous of Rebecca Nurse, because she had so many kids. This envy turns vengeful, and Ann accused Rebecca of witchcraft.The court believed this accusation because Rebecca delivered her babies,and only one of them survived. Rebecca could not have actually had anything to do with the death of her babies, of course. Francis Nurse in Proctor’s home says to Reverend Hale, “My wife is the very brick and mortar of the church, Mr. Hale...For the marvelous and supernatural murder of Goody Putnam’s babies” (Miller 174). Ann

With consistent persuasion from John, Mary agrees to talk to the Mr. Danforth, the judge over looking the trial, about faults in her accusations. She admits to faking and only cried spirits because the other girls were (pg. 100). With this event, Mary demonstrates that she does not have integrity. Regret, accompanied with pity, assists Mary in convincing Mr. Danforth but it does not work in her favor because he does not want to backtrack on previous convictions made. Feelings of regret are very influential in determining a persons actions. Miller uses Mary, who has now shown to be morally uncertain, as a scapegoat for all the girls who are fabricating seeing the devil. As tensions rise, Mary becomes unsettled by the consequences that follow lying under oath. Swapping sides once again to save her life, she proclaims, “I’ll not hang with you! I love God, I love God” (pg. 110). Striking emotion from her declaration tells a story of discord between her ethical thinking. She is now only worried about her life and the author incorporates pathos to make her claim stronger. Fear is the single greatest motivator for humans and Mary is fearful. John will see the repercussions of these actions by facing death later in the book. Due to Mary's incapacity of raining truthful, an innocent citizen would sentenced to

In John Updike’s short story “A & P”, a dynamic and round character expresses his subjective attitude towards his views, a plot twist causes him to realize his future. Sammy an opinionated cashier at A & P grocery store does not agree with his Lengel, his manager after he reprimands a particular group of customers at the store. Sammy’s further actions cause him to face the true reality of his future.

The involvement of the Putnam residence in the salem witch trials developed allegations of more fear in the Salem citizens, sense so many people had so much to hide or gain. An example of this is shown in Act 1 “ The land war he” ,Putnam, “ fought with his neighbors grew”. Thomas Putnam prevented Bayley from taking office causing more and more animosity. Later on in the story Putnam Tells his neighbor “ You load one

Jimmy knows too well the agonies of abandonment. First, when his mother, Cecilia, ran away with Richard to pursue a better lifestyle. Then, due to his father’s, Damacio Baca, alcoholisms and violent behavior; he also had to leave Jimmy behind. In spite of the drawbacks from abandonment to being a maximum security prisoner in Arizona State Prison, Jimmy preserver’s the darkness of prison by overcoming his illiteracy. However Cecilia and Damacio is not as fortunate as their child; Cecilia is shot by Richard after confronting him for a divorce and Damacio chokes to death after he is released from the detox center(Baca 263). Therefore the most significant event in this section of the memoir, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca is the death of Jimmy’s parents.

Putnam is completely controlled by his greed and doesn?t care who is hurt or even killed, as long as he gets more land. The girls of Salem are also heavily controlled by their greed. The girls, especially Abby, are given an incredible amount of power during the trials. They are members of the court and anyone they accuse can be put to death: ?And folks are brought before them, and if they scream and howl and fall to the floor?the person?s clapped in the jail for bewitchin? them? (53). Abigail is not greedy for land, she just wants the power that has been bestowed upon her and the other girls. Abigail enjoys being seen as a saint: ??where she walks the crowd will part like the sea of Israel? (53). Girls in this time were used to being ignored and powerless. The trials forced people to give

In the spring of 1682 in a small puritan community, a group of girls claimed to have been possessed by the devil this sparked a panic amongst the community which lead to the deaths of many people out of fear. Fear is shown to be a negative attribute in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, due to the fact that it can hold us back and can do more bad than good. The Salem Witch Trials was a very fearful time many people didn't know whether they would be falsely accused for reading something other than the bible or simply get blamed so someone else can save there own skin. The reader can conclude the Mary Warren is a very scared person since the beginning; when she tries to get Abigail, who is scared, to confess that none of the witchcraft is true out of fear of dying, and then to her emotional breakdown in the back room of the courthouse with others like Danforth showing fear sprinkled throughout. Although fear can be a helpful thing it has is drawbacks; fear is shown to be negative because it can only lead to more worse

Faith and fear both can drive a person over the edge. This is demonstrated throughout the entire play. Fear drove many people such as Abigail to accuse others of witchcraft because she actually committed it and just wants to get the attention off of her so she does not get killed for her crime. Faith has a similar effect on this event because Abigail is not afraid of the devil, she danced with him and caused this whole mess. Another way she created a terrible sin is when she told the audience about her affair with John Proctor by saying these words.”I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men! And now you bid me tear the light out of my eyes? I will not, I cannot! You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!” (Page 471)This quote sets the tone of sin for the entire rest of the play. Fear did not play an extremely big part in this outburst, but faith did. John was afraid of people hearing this and his name would be ruined and that is not good for a holy puritan man like John. Fear and faith may not be visible but they can be the biggest player in life. The play outlines this ion a perfect historical way. It is very sad to think of all the innocent people that were hung for no reason. It is almost just as important to understand why history did this. Fear and Faith caused one of the craziest set of trials of all time. This is how fear and faith may be different by definition but cause the same effects in people's

There are many places in the play where this greed can be seen. The most im-portant example was at the very beginning, after Reverend Parris sees that the girls were dancing in the forest, and rumors circulate that witchcraft may have been in-volved. He says, “Abigail, I have fought here three long years to bend thee stiff-necked people to me, and now, when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character. I have given you a home, child. I have put clothes upon your back—now give me an upright answer.” He is more

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