Death Sentence: Evelyn's Disappearance

In 1983 Elizabeth Bouvia, who was a 26-year-old quadriplegic who was affected by cerebral palsy, entered a hospital in Riverside, California wishing to starve herself to death. Elizabeth Bouvia suffered from cerebral palsy and severe arthritis causing her to be in chronic pain and close to being completely paralyzed. Bouvia was only able to make movement in some fingers on her right hand and make a few facial movements. Elizabeth Bouvia was unable to sit up and could only lay flat causing her to be confined to her bed, and further causing her to depend on others for even the simplest of tasks. Bouvia relied on others to feed her, bathe her, and help her defecate. Bouvia had no one in her life able to care for her around the clock like she needed, so out of options Bouvia entered Riverside General Hospital.

In the iconic debated novel “The Awakening”, Kate Chopin’s novel takes place in the Victorian Era, which is in the 19th- century, similarly the novel was published in 1899. Edna is depicted as a woman longing for more, a woman who was looking for more than just a life of complacency and living in the eyes of society. The story uses Edna to exemplify the expectations of women during this era. For example, a woman’s expression of independence was considered immoral. Edna was expected to conform to the expectations of society but the story reveals Edna’s desires which longed for independence in a state of societal dominance. Throughout The Awakening, Chopin’s most significant symbol,

Another argument you might use to disprove that it was Abigail fault, would be to blame the courts, their misunderstanding, and their willingness to accept the false statements of Abigail and the girls.The courts had a big part in these trials, and it is evident that they did not consider the distant possibility that the young girls were lying to get out of the whole. As for Elizabeth Proctor’s encounters with Abigail to hate Elizabeth for standing in her way to do things. The truth was Elizabeth and Abigail which was John’s third wife barely knew each other.

It is my belief that the person who killed her had in-depth knowledge of the workings of the family. The little girl had to have known her killer which is why she did not scream or lash out against an intruder. The indication of sexual assault reveals that the killer believed that they may have had a relationship with the young girl. Given the fact that the girl did not appear to be fully penetrated, as evidenced by her autopsy report, indicates that the killer may have had remorse for their actions, if the girl rejected them. Instead of being found out, the killer strangled the girl in attempt to keep their identify

Abigail came right out to John and told him there was no witchcraft. If he had told someone what Abby had said before they started the trials, all of the innocent people that died wouldn’t have been hanged. This is why John Proctor is responsible for the witch hysteria.

However, for a period of his life, John cheated on her with Abigail Williams. John ended the affair, and Abigail was not happy about it. She was hoping that John would leave Elizabeth, and marry her. When John ended the relationship, Abigail became extremely jealous of Elizabeth. She wanted her dead. So since John made her upset, Abigail accused Elizabeth of being a witch so that she would be hanged, and her and John could finally be together. After John was hanged for his “crimes” people started to be skeptical of the witch trials. Abigail suspected this would happen, and she knew that people would come after her to avenge the innocent people who

Evelyn Waugh lived in the time of the World Wars, which greatly influenced his writing and the actions of his characters. People were affected by WWI in multiple ways. They often suffered a lack of confidence in themselves and in the state of the world. In Vile Bodies, Evelyn Waugh’s characters often misuse and take advantage of technology, which helps to depict the loss of identity and emotional connection in the wake of World War I.

On a boiling hot summer day, 98 degrees, Edith Bement was walking up an enormous hill to get to the hospital because Edith and Gerard Bement did not have a car. They did not make it in time, so instead Jean Bement was born right there on the sidewalk of Carrier street. A cop happened to be around during the time of labor, and he had on a brand spanking new uniform. It did not end well for him. But, Jean Bement came into the world on the day of August 9, 1934. They brought Jean home to her older brother and sister, Jerry and Tess.

Abigail did indirectly murder people, which is a horrible transgression even when unaccompanied by the fact that she was in a perfect mental condition while she was doing all of this. Abigail should be tried and punished because she was indeed in a normally functioning mental state. Geoffrey Miller points out a few things that could result from a mental disorder stemming from emotional instability “Low emotional stability predicts depression, anxiety, bipolar, borderline, and histrionic disorders” Abigail may be emotionally unstable but there are no mental ailments that severely impair judgement. Now knowing Abigail was in a stable mind during the course of the play, the reader knows from the appendix of the play that Abigail is a cunning scheming girl who is very sane and also very intelligent. Abigail’s scheming nature can be expressed in this quote “Proctor: Abby - you mean to cry out still others? Abigail: If I live, if I am not murdered, I surely will, until the last hypocrite is dead” (150) This shows that Abigail plans to accuse people to better serve herself, in a manner that is planned and rehearsed. People who are not in their right mind typically act very irrationally instead of meticulously planning things out. Also, acting irrationally was not one of the mental disabilities Geoffrey Miller pointed out. Abigail shows she plans to do exactly this by telling John she seeks to accuse more people. Throughout the story we see instances of her plot being put into

The scene of Esmail’s death is brought upon by Lester’s pride leading up to and during the shooting. There were many opportunities in the development of Esmail’s death where Lester could have yielded even a little bit that may have prevented Esmail’s death and he conflict at the office. Before deciding to set off to the tax office, Lester considers apologizing, “but then he would be offering the captive colonel his bare throat” (Dubus 309). Lester decides that he can’t give up because he feels that he needs the leverage for him and Kathy. Since Lester decides not to give in, he ends up taking Behrani and Esmail to the county office. On the way over, there was a scene where Lester was blocking Behrani’s view and he could have moved, but he decided

The murder of Duncan Skinner is a complex event and is difficult to fully understand. So many people were involved or had questionable motives that it becomes a large web of interactions to sift through. And so with all the evidence presented, here is my best interpretation of what may have happened. The three slaves Henderson, Anderson, and Reuben murdered Duncan Skinner, although many other slaves were involved in one way or another. John McCallen had an unusual relationship with the slaves but did not orchestrate the murder plot. Conclusions such as this are hard to come to with an absolute certainty because of the nature of the information provided. We

Elizabeth and John were sort of like Abby’s second parents. Abby was just a kid when her parents died, she then became a live in maid for the Proctor’s. So when John did this to his so called “ daughter” she must have been in a great deal of trauma. After John finally realized what he is doing is a terrible thing to do, he tries to stop before anyone finds out. But the irony of that is everyone in the town he has committed a mortal sin, adultery. Elizabeth had some suspicion on what was going on which leads to the reason of why kicked out of the house. She did not know for sure if he actually did do that with Abby though. But if you’re in a room with a girl for a couple hours it is kind of obvious. When Abby got kicked out of the house she was already obsessed with John. So she wanted to seek revenge on Elizabeth for what she did. She wanted John and Elizabeth gone and she had the perfect

Had the affair not have taken place Elizabeth and John would not have had these emotional issues with each other. An advantage in court would have been thrown out the window because Abigail referred to this as a form of witchcraft or unholy act when testifying against John. It is evident that Abigail used the affair to shift the attention away from her wrongful act upon someone else, who happened to be John Proctor, however, without that evidence the judge would have been able to identify the shift of attention and bring it back upon her. Practicing witchcraft was illegal during this time period, although, she practiced this act within the woods late one night. John Proctor was able to witness the event and would've then had the advantage in court leading to the persecution of

We must all cope with life and whatever comes after it. In Gabrielle Zevin’s novel, Elsewhere, the characters must accept death and move on with their lives. A fifteen year old girl named Liz is hit by a car, on her way to the mall and dies. Liz’s loved ones; Liz’s brother Alvy and Liz’s best friend Zooey try to deal with Liz’s death. Alvy uses prop jokes to cheer himself and his parents, while Zooey can’t forget about the fact that, if she hadn’t called Liz to the mall, Liz would still be alive. Meanwhile, Liz finds herself in Elsewhere, a place where the dead go and age backwards until they are a baby, then are sent back to Earth. Liz regrets the fact that she died young and never go to do adult things, such as getting her driver’s

how related individuals were to one specific individual Eleanor, a matriarch who became sick and died. Direct observations of how individuals reacted to Eleanor’s carcass over one weak after her death were made. On day one of Eleanor’s death, a matriarch named Grace from another family approached her body. Her tail was raised, and temporal gland secretions were visible, which is a sign of stress. Grace started to sniff and touch the body, and continuously made loud vocalizations. On day two, an individual from Eleanor’s family, Maya approached the body. She sniffed, tasted, and attempted to pick the carcass up. On day three, Grace returned to the body but unlike last time seemed calm and stood in the presence of the carcass silently. On day