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I think we ought to rely on the doctor now, and good prayer.” Rebecca’s purpose in the play is to be a voice of reason and show the audience the fallacies and biased nature of the 1692 witch trials.

Occasionally, a reputation cannot provide enough power, but enough to make a change. Rebecca Nurse acts as the voice of reason because she is able to make the town reconsider the accusations of witches. Reverend Hale goes to Proctors because Elizabeth is accused of being a witch. Francis Nurse, Rebecca’s husband, enters Proctors house, shouting she is in jail. Reverend Hale confidently

Francis is the husband of Rebecca Nurse, and a well-respected wealthy landowner in Salem. Francis Nurse joins Giles Corey and John Proctor in their challenge against the court when their respective wives are charged with witchcraft.

Eliza now has two suitors; one who is staid and reserved and one who is amiable and gay. While Mr. Boyer sees Eliza as a woman with “an accomplished mind and polished manner”, it is Sanford’s view of Eliza’s exuberant nature that ensures her downfall (10). In Major Sanford’s letter to Charles Deighton, he sees Eliza as a conquest. He writes that she is “an elegant partner; one exactly calculated to please my fancy; gay, volatile, apparently thoughtless of everything but present enjoyment” (18). Sanford does

Rebecca Nurse then proves herself an honest character that is well respected through the plot of the story. She is so well respected that even male figures throughout the play respect her advice. This is shown when Rebecca gives honest advice to John Proctor saying “No, you cannot break charity with your minister. You are another kind, John. Clasp his hand, make your peace” (Miller 181). This is important to Rebecca Nurse as a character because it entails an honest opinion that John should just make peace with Reverend Parris rather than fight fire with fire against him. In addition, when Goody Nurse is convicted of witchcraft, Reverend Hale knows that Rebecca is a very honest and trustworthy person and that in the end she would not be convicted in a trial of witchcraft. This evidence is essential when analyzing Rebecca considering the fact that she was able to Justify in the short time she was with Reverend Hale the honest and trustworthy women she is. All in all, Rebecca Nurse manifests herself as an individual who is can always give her honest opinion and is well respected.

She is known to mostly respected for being a moral person. When Reverend John Hale first meets Rebecca he states, “It’s strange how I knew you, but I suppose you look as

On the surface Rebecca appears to demonstrate the conventions of the romantic genre. The storyline includes a heroine, who is thinks herself to be very plain “with straight, bobbed hair and youthful, unpowdered face, dressed in an ill-fitting coat and skirt…”, as well as a hero, who the heroine believes is

(pg. 214) This is only just one example of how Rebecca wasn’t aware of her situation when she spoke about it. Furthermore, Kelly would say things like “he never raped me”, “he was the gentlest”, or bring up compliments that Caleb would give her such as calling her beautiful and “how lucky he was” to have a woman like her. It’s clear that Kelly ‘words are full of contradicting statements about her love towards

In the beginning, she refuses to put Mikey's name of the heart transplant list because John did not have enough money to pay for the surgery. After Rebecca finds out that John took people hostage to get Mikey a heart, she lies to Denise, saying that she put Mikey on the list and that the hospital was going to pay for the surgery. Rebecca deceives Denise because she wants John to let the hostages go. Rebecca also knew that Denise would call John and tell him that Mikey would be okay. The object of Rebecca's action was lying, which is an immoral act. Rebecca's intention was to make John give up the hostages and to help the police, which is a good deed. The police were nervous that John would fire his gun, although the gun really was not loaded. Rebecca lied to help the hostages, that were thought to be in danger with the gun that John held, although the gun was not loaded. The circumstances include that this act of Rebecca's may have been illegal and it would probably hurt John and his wife. Rebecca also had to consider all of the other dying people who were on the list and waiting for a heart. The circumstance contributes neutrally to the morality and immorality of Rebecca's act. Rebecca thinks of the consequences and knows them, unlike

"Against you? Against him and all authority! Why, then I must find it and join it. He does not mean that. He confessed it now! I mean it solemnly, Rebecca; I like not the smell of this "authority. " No, you cannot break charity with your minister. You are another kind, John. Clasp his hand, make your peace." (27-28) She is an example of strength and resolve for those who choose not to confess, even though it means going to their death.

Also, Rebecca Nurse was treated unfairly in court due to suspicion of being involved in witchcraft, but should have been judged based on solid evidence. Rebecca is a positive individual who suggests to solve everybody’s problem: “let us go to God for the cause of it. There is prodigious danger in the

Rebecca Nurse was one of the most respected people in town and known for being a good person. In the play, Rebecca shows good pride when she was accused of witchcraft. When Rebecca Nurse was accused of killing Putnam’s babies she said, “let us go to God for the cause of it. There is prodigious danger in the seeking of loose spirits. I fear it, I fear it. Let us rather blame ourselves and—” (Act I 26). Rebecca prided herself in believing that Goody Putnam’s accusations of her were false. Throughout the play the accusations of witchcraft became more and more serious once they started punishing people. Though if one confessed and turned in other people, they would be safe from hanging. Goody Nurse prided herself into not giving up people’s names and lying just to save herself, “why, it is a lie, it is a lie; how may I damn myself? I cannot, I cannot” (Act IV 129). Even though Rebecca Nurse was put to hang, she kept with her morals and did not give up other people’s names. She stuck with what she truly believed in even when her life was on the line. Miller showed good pride through the acts of Goody Nurse because she held pride in her beliefs and did not give up on them even when her life was at stake.

Hale knows that people will confess to anything to avoid being hanged, and he is deeply troubled when he learns of Abigail’s motifs for revenge. Respected people have told Hale that the trials are non-sense. He has tried to find holes in these people’s reasoning, so he can be reassured he hasn’t made a big mistake in his aiding of the conviction of these people, but their reasoning is completely logical. Hale becomes more aware of the truth near the end of Act II, when Giles Corey and Francis Nurse report that their wives have been taken away. Reverend Hale is surprised, but disturbed by the news because he thought of Rebecca as surely being innocent when he met her. He says that, ‘‘ if Rebecca Nurse be tainted, then nothing’s left to stop the whole greenworld from burning’’ (71). Hale then tries to explain her arrest by saying (in great pain) : ‘‘Man remember, until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven’’ (71).

The end of the novel shows us just how George and Lennie would live without the other. All hope is lost for both of them and this is foreshadowed by the pigeon which flies out the barn. The pigeon symbolises the dream and freedom for Lennie and George and after Curley’s wife is killed, all this is lost. Without George, Lennie would most likely have died long before and by the end of the book, this is the way he is. Though George does not need Lennie to survive, he might as well be dead as without Lennie, George has no purpose and will be ‘just like everyone else’. He will be isolated and alone like all the other characters in the world with ‘no one to look after him and

Rebecca de Winter is very outgoing, beautiful, and seems like the perfect wife. She has everyone except Maxim and a few others fooled with her wicked and sneaky ways. The Heroine is genuinely honest, caring, and innocent. She is a complete three sixty compared to