Duffy Devil's Wife

The Devil’s Rooming House is the interesting story of Amy Archer-Gilligan, America’s deadliest female serial killer. Written by M. William Phelps, this book brings to light the story of the woman who ran a murder house over one hundred years ago. The case of Amy is a fascinating one because of her motive, money. She opened a nursing home for the elderly and then murdered her clients for financial gain. Amy Archer-Gilligan put a lot of planning into her killings, this is her story.

The Devil Baby at Hull House by Jane Addams focuses on the working class women who have spent their lives without a voice and much hope. The Devil Baby at Hull House is the story of superstition and the struggles of ordinary women. Jane Addams uses the Devil baby as the symbol of imagined enemies as well as the oppression against the women. She introduces the Devil Baby to describe the tragedies of women who were treated with disrespect by their husbands and had difficulties to raise their children. Jane Addams explains the reason for their tragedies and shows the sympathy toward the women through the Devil Baby. The idea of imagined enemies exists not only in the 18th century but also in different historical times. The way Islamic people are

“Women cannot be murderers.” Even though this was not explicitly stated in the newspapers, The Boston Herald in its article “Lizzie Borden” conveys the perception that the feminine ways associated with women would make it impractical for women to commit murder. Lizzie Borden, a young lady accused of brutally killing her stepmother and father with multiple blows to their heads with a hatchet was described as a religious, sincere, and modest human being in The Boston Herald’s article covering Lizzie’s life before and after the murders. During Lizzie’s youth, she suffered from isolation because of her reserved personality and belief that nobody appreciated her presence, but in womanhood turned her life around and attain friendships who vouched for her good character during the time of the investigation. The Boston Herald’s article “Lizzie Borden: Her School and Later Life - A Noble Woman, Though Retiring”, successfully persuades the reader of Lizzie Borden’s innocence with the focus on her femininity through diction and logic.

Easy Rawlins from Devil in a Blue Dress was a black private detective. He was a man who worked for what he had. Unlike most of the African American population, he had his own house, but he was lacking money. Rawlins did not have a steady job so when a man came along proposing work, he immediately took it. This is much different from the amateur detective, Sherlock Holmes, in “Silver Blaze.” In “Silver Blaze” the story opens up with Holmes talking to his partner, John Watson, about leaving to go to King’s Pyland so he could involve himself in an investigation involving a murder and a missing horse. Watson then thought to himself, “I was not

For example, it seems as though Sister Aloysius has a vendetta against Father Flynn throughout the parable. Father Flynn remarks to Sister James on this: “The most innocent of actions can appear sinister to the poisoned mind” (Shanley 40). This is a very true statement and throws much doubt on Sister Aloysius’ claims of Father Flynn's doubt. She seems to be a very abrupt and rude person throughout the story and one could claim she was just good at driving people away from her school. However, a statement from Sister Aloysius to Father Flynn makes the reader believe there may be more to her claim. She says to Father Flynn: “I will do what needs to be done, Father, if it means I’m damned to Hell” (Shanley 54). This statement from Sister Aloysius shows how deeply she is committed to keeping her school safe. A nun would not passively say she would go to Hell for something, so this shows really believes in Father Flynn’s guilt and will do what she needs to stop him from molesting the children in her school. This statement shows that her dislike of Father Flynn goes further than just a petty

There are many ways to decide what makes a man guilty. In an ethical sense, there is more to guilt than just committing the crime. In Charles Brockden Browns’ Wieland, the reader is presented with a moral dilemma: is Theodore Wieland guilty of murdering his wife and children, even though he claims that the command came from God, or is Carwin guilty because of his history of using persuasive voices, even though his role in the Wieland family’s murder is questionable? To answer these questions, one must consider what determines guilt, such as responsibility, motives, consequences, and the act itself. No matter which view is taken on what determines a man’s guilt, it can be concluded that

Also, Corrie knew she needed to protect God’s people because if we see them getting hurt then we must end it. Now by God’s people, it could be talking about Jews or Christians, but I think it talks about everybody because God created us all. If Corrie saw a Jew doing wrong, then she should stop them as well. She lied in the book to the Nazis so she could protect people who were in need.

Finally, the reader is introduced to the character around whom the story is centered, the accursed murderess, Mrs. Wright. She is depicted to be a person of great life and vitality in her younger years, yet her life as Mrs. Wright is portrayed as one of grim sameness, maintaining a humorless daily grind, devoid of life as one regards it in a normal social sense. Although it is clear to the reader that Mrs. Wright is indeed the culprit, she is portrayed sympathetically because of that very lack of normalcy in her daily routine. Where she was once a girl of fun and laughter, it is clear that over the years she has been forced into a reclusive shell by a marriage to a man who has been singularly oppressive. It is equally clear that she finally was brought to her personal breaking point, dealing with her situation in a manner that was at once final and yet inconclusive, depending on the outcome of the legal investigation. It is notable that regardless of the outcome, Mrs. Wright had finally realized a state of peace within herself, a state which had been denied her for the duration of her relationship with the deceased.

The accusations against him, brought by Briony Tallis, held him responsible for the violation of her cousin Lola. Robbie reflects on this, as Briony plans to refute her statement to the police, “The intricacies were lost to him, the urgency had died. Briony would change her evidence, she would rewrite the past so that the guilty became the innocent. But what was guilt these days? It was cheap. Everyone was guilty, and no one was. No one would be redeemed by a change of evidence, for there weren’t enough people… to…gather in the facts.” (188) Robbie’s loss of security and his future took away the childlike carefreeness he displayed before the accusation. Briony’s conscience weighs heavily on her as she moves from a naïve implication to the realization of the consequences.

On page 125, When she was nine, my daughter asked if i had ever killed anyone. She knew about the war, she knew i’d been a soldier . “You keep writing these war stories,” she said,” So i guess you must’ve killed somebody”. It was a difficult moment , but i did what seemed right, which was to say, “ of course not”, and then to take her onto my lap and hold her for a while. Someday , i hope , she’ll ask again. But here i want to pretend she’s a grown -up….}. This quote shows that Kathleen is just a young girl asking many questions to her dad to know if he has ever did anyone because she is very curious and seemed very interested in knowing what her father did when he was in the war. If her dad tells her that he has killed someone then she might think that he is a bad guy and not a good father but killing someone that is so

“I want to open myself! . . . I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him, I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!” - Abigail shouts this at the end of Act 1 to confess what she has done but then adds to the lie of people following the devil.

It was nothing to her, that an innocent man was to die for the sins of his

Goody Proctor, you are not summoned here for disputation. Be there no wifely 370 tenderness within you? He will die with the sunrise. Your husband. Do you understand it? (She only looks at him.) What say you? Will you contend with him? (She is silent.) Are you stone? I tell you true, woman, had I no other proof of your unnatural life, your dry eyes now would be sufficient evidence that you delivered up your soul to Hell! A very ape would weep at such calamity! Have the devil dried up any tear of pity in you? (She is silent.) Take her out. It profit nothing she should speak to him! (IV. 363- 379).

The 1990s novel,“Devil in a Blue Dress”, written by Walter Mosley, places Easy in California during 1948. Mosley puts Easy through countless trials and tribulations throughout the novel, such as Easy nearly losing his house, facing interrogation as a possible murder suspect as well as having to associate with murderers, as well as multiple other horrendous, action-packed occurrences. While experiencing these stressful and dangerous situations, Easy becomes seemingly detached from the world as he expects his own death will arrive soon and thus reaches a new point of acceptance of the world and what occurs in it, thus becoming mentally powerful enough to come out on top. Walter Mosley highlights this theme of acceptance while using characterization

Finally, the evils of Eve come to full force when Gretchen is seduced by Faust, concluding with her having an affair of course. Virgin Mary is a symbolic figure in the past of this play now and from here things just get worse for Gretchen. By also disobeying her mother, Gretchen knows she is doing deeply wrong by fooling around with Faust but with Mephistopheles in the picture, it is hard for her to think clearly. (Dockray-Miller, 3). The most surprising thing that Gretchen does representing Eve’s character, is poison her mother’s drink before she went to sleep, when someone turns you against your own flesh and blood, you know you have been hypnotized by the devil himself. Although Gretchen thought her mother would just sleep heavy, her mother actually passes away, which comes back to haunt Gretchen on her judgment day. (Goethe,