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stabbed, she-to Proctor now-testify it were your wife's familiar spirit pushed it in”(74). Abigail is abusive because she took a needle and stabbed herself just so she can accuse Goody Proctor of sending a spirit to stab her so Goody Proctor would be hanged for sending spirits to stab

is talking to the court he states, “I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another,” (Miller 238). Since John Proctor committed sins, he cannot judge anyone in the town of Salem. John Proctor didn’t want to get in trouble; and he didn’t want to get hanged especially in front of his wife Elizabeth Proctor and their three boys. Since Proctor made bad decisions he got consequences in

John disagrees with what the community says. He thinks she’s a sweet and honest wife. When the witch trials were going on, John was threatened to be hanged. Elizabeth told him to lie so he wouldn’t be hanged. The person who ended up lying was Elizabeth. She thought she was helping but really she made things a lot worse. John ended up getting hanged. Elizabeth forgave him for what he did. That’s how she is. She will always find a way to forgive him no matter how bad he messed up. I can relate myself

Except New England never made it such a big thing like how Sa-lem handles it. These trials in Salem were never done the proper way because the girls would just call out random people and those victims were sent it jail or hanged. Yet if there was someone to confess they were sent free. Many wonder why they never gave a chance to say their part of the story just like the girls such as they never had evidence. That was one of the reasons why it was talked about (Misogny Ergot

uses specific details to describe the characters. The author’s use of specific details allows the readers to understand and have an idea of how the characters looks. This gives the readers a vivid mental picture of this thirty-five year old man being hanged off of the Owl Creek Bridge. Along with the setting, the character are an important key to the reader’s comprehension, and interest. Ambrose Bierce gives a description of the character with the use of the specific details to emphasize more on the

things just so the other person would get in trouble. Salem was a small city so word got around fast. The witchcraft began before the trials and the false claims occurred. About one hundred and forty one people were arrested, nineteen people were also hanged and one was crushed because heavy stones were put on his chest which broke his ribs, piercing his heart and lungs. They would either lay there with the stones on top of them until they confessed they were a witch or lied to them just to get the stones

everywhere saying “any civilian caught interfering with the railroad, its bridges, tunnels, or trains will be summarily hanged.” Ambrose Bierce conveys suspense throughout the story using multiple literary techniques.

Margaret’s work the “Half-Hanged Mary” In the work of Margaret Atwood’s “Half-Hanged Mary” the author deliberately uses different types of style to dramatically allow the reader to experience the horrors from the acts of the Puritan people. Each sentence uses words of description to narrate the story of what happened to Mary Webster. In order to clearly understand the motive of knowing what happened to Mary, you have to understand the actual phrases in each verse. Each word have their own meaning

society at that time. During this time many people were accused of practicing witchcraft and were sent to trial and later hanged. One person in particular was Elizabeth Proctor. Elizabeth Proctor is seen as a virtuous, cold women. Throughout the play Elizabeth Proctor has grown stronger and wiser due to the ability to understand her husbands need for redemption leaving him to get hanged. In the beginning of the play Elizabeth Proctor is portrayed as a naïve weak women despite her loyalist to her family

rush of bile pushed it’s way up into my throat as a feeling of disgust overpowered all other emotions. That wasn’t the first time I had witnessed a hanging, but it was the only one in which I was truly sad for the hanged. We had all, deep down, hoped that Ned Kelly wasn’t to be hanged today. He made such an impact, left such a trail! But it was not to be. He hung still, the brave gaze staring out at the faces watching still set in his eyes.