Anne Rodney: A Character Analysis

Is it possible for one person to be capable of bringing down an entire society? Arthur Miller’s novel The Crucible, gives an accurate representation of how one act and one person can be the catalyst for so many atrocious crimes. When we closely examine the motives and actions of Abigail Williams we see just how corrupt and evil a scorned lover can be. She portrays these types of qualities, vengefulness,jealousy, and mendacity through her actions and speech.

“Everything is not what it seems,” while this lyric may seem trite, it holds great truth. People, places, activities, each can be viewed in more than one way depending on the circumstances. From these viewpoints spring complexities and mystery in the shape of differing facades.

“The most memorable characters in fiction are not people most of us would choose as our friends” (Allen 1). Readers find it intriguing to learn about a character that lacks predictability: they could do no wrong in one scene, then turn around and become a backstabbing liar in the next. The same characteristics that would not make the best of friends. Irregularity makes a character and the story, for that matter, interesting. Abigail Williams from The Crucible develops into a character that readers love to hate. Her anger, her cunning, her passion, every twist and turn she brings throughout the play brings fascination with it. She would not be an especially remarkable candidate for a best friend, however, but it perusers find it extremely easy to remember her. Abigail exhibits memorability not because of the qualities that prove a good friend, but because of her intransigence, her passion, her accusatory behavior, and her manipulation.

Would you have innocent people die so that you could be with a married man that had kids? Well that is exactly what Abigail Williams did in the play, The Crucible. The play took place in the 1600's in Salem, Massachusetts. Abigail Williams was so exhilarated with this guy, who was married with kids, that she would do anything to be with him. She spoke one lie, and it soon became a monster that she could not tame. Anyone who reads The Crucible knows to not follow by Abigail's precedent because her attention seeking personality, lust for guys, and craven behavior destroyed her town and peoples lives.

Have you heard about the salem witch trials? They were a dramatic time when many people were acused of being a witch and hung for it. In history class to english class this is used in may classes as examples to learn from. In the cruibable there are manyh people that you could blame for the cause of this tragic event. You could blame abigail williams, or possibly danforth, and even john proctor; but the most blame could go to Mary Warren. Mary warren is to blame for these tragic events because of her willingness to play along with the games of abigail. Mary warren has many flaws but the three major flaws that make her responisble are; she can be easily influenced, she is also highly emotional, and lastly she is young and foolish in her thought and actions.

Witchcraft: the practice of magic, especially black magic through the use of spells and invocation of spirits. False: appearing to be the thing denoted; deliberately made or meant to deceive. In the town of Salem, Massachusetts, the outbreak of witchcraft was introduced by a twelve-year-old girl of the name Abigail Williams. She cried against many believing that they had caused her to have the violent, physical fits that resulted in hiding under furniture and trying to climb up chimneys. Living with the Reverend of the town supported her name in purity and persuaded those to believe her accusations, but resulted in the loss of twenty people because of these false claims. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, he takes the creator of the witch trials chaos, Abigail Williams, and adds fictitious situations where she represents a stronger antagonist; being involved in an affair, spitefully accusing people, and leading a group of girls in making accusations.

The role of women in The Things They Carried, is that they are an example of innocents and how you lose your innocents over time and in war. The women make a big impact on the men’s life because they help them focus and keep there stories going on weather the women dies or not.

Throughout this book, the character that grows the most and is a dynamic character is Beverly. Not only does Beverly grow in age, he grows as a person. As Beverly gets older he starts to realize that life is unfair. Slavery isn't okay. That's the biggest thing he learned. Beverly became an exquisite violinist when he was an adult. He would play as a side job . Throughout the book we are able to watch Beverly become a mentor for Maddy and Easton. Teaching his brothers violin and showing them important life skills was something he did as a male figure in their lives. I would say almost everything above goes for Maddy as well. Maddy didn't teach his brother violin. Easton and Beverly were the ones who enjoyed playing the best. Easton actually

Learning can have a positive effect on a person ,it won't always have a positive effect but it can considering what type of person they are. Learning can be astounding for certain individuals but for those others they might take it for granted. It highly depends on what you are learning rather than just the person.

Unless one looks at the lives of the grandmother and the Misfit before their meeting, it would be impossible to understand why they react the way that they do. The grandmother likes to think of herself as a Christian. She fools herself into believing that she lives her life the way that she should, but she definitely struggles. More than being humble, selfless, and charitable, selfishness and pride riddle her personality. Katherine Keil clearly calls the grandmother out on her selfish ways: “the grandmother shows her indifference for creation by selfishly manipulating and nagging to get her way on the family’s vacation” (45). The grandmother does not want to go to Florida, but rather Tennessee. Up to the night before, and even during

Have you ever heard of the Holocaust? The Holocaust was a terrible time in history when Adolf Hitler was torturing many innocent Jews. He put them in concentration camps, but many tried to hid just like Anne Frank and her family. Anne Frank who was Jew, has a famous quote that says “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.” Even though throughout the “Diary of Anne Frank” we see that people are not always the best they could be, I agree with Anne and believe that everyone is still good at heart. One overall reason I chose that people are really good at heart are the acts of kindness Peter has throughout the book to Anne. However, I do know that there are two sides of an argument, I can see how some might

Ms. Roseworth is a 64 year old woman living in the city of Boston. She has lived in England for most of her life, but moved to Boston because of a her education. After finishing her education, she loved the city so much that she decided to stay there. Ms. Roseworth definitely has enough money to appreciate and afford the finer things in life. She has poured her earnings into many fine china sets which she collects from around the world. Currently, Ms. Roseworth leads the boring life of an accountant. What this character really craves for is some excitement in her tedious life. Her dream is to become an FBI agent who can solve any crime. She thinks that this job would suit her well because of her ability to solve mysteries and think logically.

After Scout returns home from her first day of school, Atticus notices her sulking behavior. She confides in him that Miss Caroline punished her for explaining the Cunningham’s poor financial situation. Yet, due to the fact that Miss Caroline was new and unfamiliar to the townspeople, she only became confused and frustrated by Scout’s explanation. Atticus explains that “…They could not expect her to learn all Maycomb’s ways in one day, and we could not hold her responsible when she knew no better” (Lee 40). Miss Caroline’s ignorance compared to Scout’s knowledge demonstrates how what may come easy to some is actually harder to come by for others. Thus, it’s not fair to expect one to know something nobody had ever taught them. Instead, the use

Almost all of the human population has a rude and selfish side to their character but Caroline Campbell's character is absent of those non welcoming traits.Caroline is someone who could know the world’s most embarrassing secret and have it remain a secret.I met her when I was in third grade and she was in fifth.She was outgoing and the most friendliest person I’ve ever meet.

In Eleanor and Park, one of the main character, Eleanor has to decide between being with the love of her life and protecting her siblings from her abusive stepdad. One night, Eleanor’s younger sister, Maisie, confronts Eleanor about her dating Park (her boyfriend) and not caring about her siblings. However, Eleanor is deeply in love with Park, and earlier even says, “I don’t love you, Park. Sometimes I think I live for you” (Rowell,111). While she does not directly say I love you, she implies that he is the only person in her life that she loves. Eleanor’s stepfather, Richie, described by Eleanor as “the kind of bad that tries to kill anything good” (112). Out of all the siblings, Eleanor is the one that hates Richie the most, and she