Lizzie’s behavior was suspicious when she was talking about her parents to the police. The author notes that “Lizzie tried purchasing poison, Prussic Acid”. Lizzie was found burning one of her dresses three days later. She said she was burning it cause it was all stained up. She yelled that someone came in and murdered her parents. How would Lizzie know if someone came in unless she seen that person or if she did it. She was also suspicious because she said all that, but there was no signs of breaking or entering into the house found out by the police. The night before the murder witnesses say that Lizzie went to a friend’s house, and she said that she thought someone was going to kill her parents. This is evidence of how she could have killed
When asked about it, Lizzie explained that she chose to destroy the dress because it was stained with old paint.” This demonstrates that the dress Lizzie burned could have been what she was wearing the day of the murder. Also it’s suspicious because it was just three days after the murder. This was not really used against her because they physically didn’t have the evidence of her dress she burned. I am still convinced that Lizzie was guilty for the murder even though there was no physical
Two of whom were she mentioned as witches were then put to trial for witchcraft. Questions about whether Kate’s screaming and mostly pain were due to natural or unnatural causes arose. If she were bewitched, how can people believe her story when the mere fact is that her information came from the devil? These questions still remain as Godbeer reveals through narrative how the judges and the trial were such a legal covert. It was decided that all witches must have posed a tremendous danger to the Salem community and the Stamford, Connecticut that as proving such an invisible matter was almost impossible since they relied on “the Devils Magic”(Godbeer 89-109) to account for another. The fact that the court used Kate Branch to determine other witches through the same method, the witchcraft; others were convicted from, showed how the courts in Connecticut were controversial and embroil in it on their use of doubtful evidence. Kate’s credibility was questioned by many and this showed that it was almost certain the screams from Kate Brunch were mere natural and had nothing to do with the supposedly mentioned witches who were bewitched her. Using the “Devil’s Magic”(Godbeer 109-104) others were convicted for, it can be also concluded that whatever information she had given could not have been trusted by the judges since her information came from the same source other witches are accused and convicted for. The author gives his view on this case – Kate Branch as he
Undeniably, family friction involved with the Borden family caused many issues. For example, these issues may have caused her to kill her father and stepmother. Lizzie was angry with her father about money (Eddy, 2015). This shows that Lizzie murdered them to get the money that her father had. To explain, Lizzie did not like her stepmother. Lizzie fought her stepmother over Abby’s family receiving more of Lizzie’s father’s money than Lizzie was receiving (Eddy, 2015). Since she did not like her stepmother, she murdered her to get her stepmother out of the house. In addition, they all did not like each other. They had many issues with each other over Andrew giving gifts to other family members (Eddy, 2015). Lizzie was already angry with her father, and did not like her stepmother, so she resolved her problems and murdered them both. In the long run, Lizzie found a solution
Because they thought she was burning it because there was blood on it. Later in her jail time she was let go. Because of this she had gone to trial with 12 men. During the trial she had shown no emotions to her parents death witch had concerned the 12 men. In the trial Lizzie never took stand for the 12 men. For this reason I think Lizzie did try to kill her parents with the poison but someone else killed them, that’s why she had shown no emotions. That someone who problem killed Abby and Andrew Borden could have been the person who Andrew was having trouble with. As saying that Andrews employers has rumors that a customer did not like him and that Andrew owed him something but never gave it to him. June 20th , 1893 Lizzie was found not guilty and acuanted. Lizzie commited the crime she had done to avoid the evidence. For this reason Lizzie was found not guilty on June 20th 1893. Lizzie and Emma inhareted their fathers estate. Thry had bought a house for themselves. Emma had died 10 days later from the flu then Lizzie died 3 days later. The case had then been set for a mystery formany years, and many people has many different opinions on who killed Abby and Andrew
There were also a lot of suspicious points throughout. “Nothing over there i can see but cleaned bone. ”-P.1 This is the first sign of death in the story, this is also the time the parents started to get very concerned about their children. “Did you bear that scream?”-P.1
For the past century, the Murders of Andrew J. Borden and his wife Abby Borden became one of America’s obsessions. From the towns’ people of Fall River Massachusetts to the rest of the country, the Borden murders became the topic of interest. The case shocked the nation as Lizzie Borden- a 32 year old school teacher- was put on trial for the murders of her parents.
After Elizabeth Proctor is arrested for witchcraft and magically wounding Abigail with a needle, Mary Warren guiltily attempts to tell the truth about the group of girls lying about the witchcraft; but Abigail’s manipulation and the hysteria of the village quickly consume her. John Proctor forcibly demands that Mary Warren tell the truth in order to free his wife, but Abigail and her dishonest squad of girls accuse Mary Warren and John Proctor of lying. The girls even claim to see Mary Warren’s evil spirit in the form of an invisible yellow bird! The story of witchcraft in Salem continues to propagate until the end of The Crucible’s plot because Mary Warren, succumbing to the hysteria, breaks and sides with the mischievous girls. She does not believe in the witchcraft accusations of the other girls, but she pretends as if she does in order to save herself from the girls’ accusations and the intense scrutiny of the witch hunting court. Lying to oneself and deluding one’s own mind is exactly what hysteria and the resulting fear do to susceptible and weak
The people of Salem Village are surrounding the accused. They are getting the rope ready to hang the 17-year-old girl. The girl is screaming at the top of her lungs because she knows that she can do nothing to help herself. The judge has already made up their mind. She was as good as dead. Every time someone was accused, they most likely died. The harsh reality of what was going on in Salem Village was completely real. Although the people of Salem Village thought they were killing witches, instead of having pointless violence, they chose to have harm done to other people rather than themselves, because they could be jealous or unhappy.
The girls of the town are seen dancing in the woods. This upheaval causes the town to go crazy because witchcraft in those days was a sin. In Act 1, Abigail is noticed as being among the girls committing a sin in the woods. Abigail’s power of lying comes to life when she reveals she saw others known to have been apart of the dancing. In this scene, she says “I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil! (Act I, page 45).” That fact that she has the guts to rat people out for having believed to have seen the Devil proves just how much of a liar she truly is. As a result, she lies when she speaks out that she saw three girls with the Devil, in order to hide under the truth that she was apart of that group dancing in the woods. Another example of Abigail lying is in Act 2 when Abigail accuses Elizabeth Proctor’s spirit of stabbing her. In this part of the act, Ezekiel Cheever and Marshal Herrick arrive at the Proctor household. Inside, Ezekiel Cheever notices the poppet that Mary Warren had made for Elizabeth, is filled with a needle. Cheever then proceeds to tell that Proctor and Reverend Hale that Abigail charged Elizabeth with
Her threat to her friends makes them not confess to dancing in the woods, but causes them to go along with the confession of witchcraft. This evokes the whole town of Salem into a hysteria. People that were indicted of witchcraft ended up being killed, mostly by being hanged and one being pressed to death with huge, heavy stones. Elizabeth was accused of witchcraft by Abigail, causing tension between Elizabeth and John. In the end, all of Abigails actions do lead to the hanging of John Proctor. She remains stubborn and does not admit to the lack of truth behind the trials. So, John Proctor has to choose to either confess and taint his own name, or to not confess and be hanged. For the sake of his family, he does not confess. This would not have happened if Abigail chose to do everything differently and not make false accusations.
Eighteen-year-old Mary Warren, who is a subservient to the proctors’ has a fatal choice to make. In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, it talks about the Salem witch trials begin, sparking from a young girl's imagination. Many young girls blame and frame others thy hate. Abigail the Minister Paris's niece avoids a whipping by blaming others and accusing them of witchcraft. As the play heats up more and more people are sent to trial and jail. You may wonder what sparked Abigail's interest in blaming others. Possibly you’ll wonder what the meaning of the Salem trials is. In the play The Crucible, Mary Warren is agreeably looked at as Abigail's poppet because she sides with Abigail and was told to give Elizabeth the poppet.
On April 9th, 1940 Germany penetrated Denmark, it was an event that would change the course of Lizzie's life forever. For being engrossed in war is what most of the 1940s is known for. Notwithstanding, the war was a time full of apprehension not only for the Hanson family, but for all the other families around the world. Unfortunately, life went on despite the fatal conflict that demolished many beloved one's lives and homes. Since Lizzie was so young at the time, in her eyes war activity was a regular part of her life.
A week later, alone in their farmhouse outside of town, John and Elizabeth Proctor discuss the ongoing trials and the escalating number of townsfolk who have been accused of being witches. Elizabeth urges her husband to denounce Abigail as a fraud; he refuses, and she becomes jealous, accusing him of still harboring feelings for her. Mary Warren, their servant and one in Abigail’s circle, returns from Salem with news that Elizabeth has been accused of witchcraft but the court did not pursue the accusation. Mary is sent up to bed, and John and Elizabeth continue their argument, only to be interrupted by a visit from Reverend Hale. While they discuss matters, Giles Corey and Francis Nurse come to the Proctor home with news that their wives have been arrested. Officers of the court suddenly arrive and arrest Elizabeth. After they have taken her, Proctor tells Mary that she must go to Salem and expose Abigail and the other girls as being frauds and making up all these accusations just to gain the attention of others.
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice published in 1813 has boundlessly inspired individuals to adapt this story in various creative contexts. The story divulges the adversities lashed against women in an era where class elucidated your social position and marriage was an absolute necessity. In the story, Elizabeth Bennet is a catalyst that transcends these injunctive boundaries of a customary marriage based on one's social position by vanquishing her prejudices against Mr. Darcy’s arrogant pride to redefine the true meaning of love. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries are a 2012 American drama web series created by Bernie Su that was adapted from the novel Pride and Prejudice. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries exploits similar themes behind the original Pride and
Elizabeth Proctor knew Abigail was after her, that is because while in court, the Proctors new Servant, Mary Warren, heard that someone sent his or her spirit to try and harm Elizabeth. Elizabeth is very frightened now so she tells John to go to Abigail to plead with her not to kill Elizabeth. Elizabeth believe Abigail may “dote on it now..”,but she then will think “to kill” Elizabeth, and take her place (61). It is quite evident that Elizabeth is hated by Abigail, but I really believe that besides the fact Abigail loves John Proctor, she really is a witch deep down inside. Eziekel Cheever, sent by court to gather those accused of witchcraft comes for Elizabeth proctor. According to him something has happened to Abigail and that something is the fault of Elizabeth, a so called “witch”. Cheever describes to John Proctor about Elizabeth and how she was accused of “stabbing Abigail” He explains how Abigail “ fell to the floor” and Reverend Parris, her Uncle, “draw a needle out,” and then he says “testify it were your wife familiar spirit that pushed it in” (74). Mary Warren, before this mishap, gave Elizabeth a poppet that she made in court. She gave it to her as an apology gift for her behavior. So when Cheever came, Elizabeth had the doll,which had a needle stuck in it! Coincidence Mary gave it to Elizabeth right before this incident…perhaps, but most