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    The Theme of Justice in The Crucible The crucible was set in 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. The play is based on true facts about events that actually took place. It is about a small secluded town that relies strongly on their religion to keep them feeling safe. Their enemy is the devil and they are always scared of the devil and constantly looking for signs that the devil is there. “We cannot leap to witchcraft. They will howl me out of Salem for such corruption in my house.” The fear

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    Arsenic and Old Lace Arsenic and Old Lace, written by Joseph Kesselring, is a play that takes place in Brooklyn New York. The opening scene takes place in September of 1942, in the Brewster living room. It is the home of Aunt Abby and Aunt Martha Brewster they both may seem perfectly sane, but we find out they are both crazy murderers. Together, they have 12 dead bodies in their home. The women think they are doing their victims favors, because all of their victims were lonely and death would be

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    kill Elizabeth who is Proctor's wife. Betty says, “You drank blood, Abby! You didn’t tell him that!” (Miller 19). This shows Betty reminding Abigail that she drank the blood. This angers Abigail the reader knows this because the stage directions show that Abigail smashes Betty across the face as she says, “Shut it! Now shut it!” (Miller 19). This really begins to show the pure evil in Abigail's character.

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    A Short Story : A Story?

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    "Well if it isn't Austin in the flesh, come back crawling here I see?" She said; her voice was soothing almost like I knew her and that I could trust her. "I'm sorry, but I don't think I'm the guy you're talking about" I said "What are you talking about Austin? We've been friends for 5 years! Now all of a sudden you pretend you don't even know your own name? This isn't funny!" Her face was red with rage. "I'm sorry to say but this isn't a joke. I don't even know my own name let alone your name. I

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    Proctor is very weak when it comes to Abigail Williams. He loses his faithfulness towards his wife, Elizabeth Proctor. In the beginning of the play, even seven months after his affair has ended, he still isn’t over Abigail completely. John says, “Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I

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    Because, Lizzie loved her dad very much. He was the only biological parent Lizzie had left, her mom died when she was younger. Lizzie did not accept her new stepmom, Abby, but her and her dad got along just fine. Furthermore, it could have been John Morse. He was Lizzie's uncle,there was a big family dispute between John, Andrew,and Abby the night before the murders occurred. John was very mad when he left the Borden family house the night before. So, it's not likely that, Lizzie Borden is guilty of

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    Lisa is concerned that her father has been indulging in alcohol more often than usual, He and his wife Abby are at a cross roads in their marriage. They are both retired and since retiring they are unable to communicate effectively. Abby had a different plan in mind for their retiring phase she wants to travel and try new experiences. In solution focused therapy the client and professional begin by agreeing to solve a specific problem secondly they propose a hypothetical solution by asking a miracle

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    Putnam is also especially incapacitated she has an unclear appearance from Betty. Mrs. Putnam thinks Ruth was close tending to her dead sisters. Abby reprimands Tituba for affecting the young women to drink chicken blood, Tituba lets it be known. She moreover pointed the finger at Tituba for making her laugh at petitions. Tituba points the finger at Abby for affecting her to conjure and flabbergast. Hearty incapacitates Tituba if she doesn't concede witchcraft or calling the evil spirit. Tituba concedes

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    Date Rape

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    One study described by academic professor Antonia Abby, she explains that a group of 160 male students listened to an audiotape recording of a date rape. In the beginning of the recording, the female agrees to engage in touching and kissing; However, once the male tries to take off her clothes, the female immediately refuses to participate and the male becomes verbally and physically aggressive. During the study, the participants were asked to stop the tape where they think the man’s behaviour in

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