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The crucible is a story that actually happened in real life. The story takes place in Salem, Massachusetts. The main characters are John Proctor,Abigail, Parris, Hale,Danforth,Elizabeth. The story is mostly about witchcraft and court and the whole court is a fraud and all the girls have lied to the court and have gotten innocent people killed. Abigail is one of the worst characters in the book because she lies and acts all innocent and tells the others girls what to say and do to stay out of trouble

A man, who wanted to join the Confederate army but wasn’t able to, set fire to Owl Creek Bridge which was a bridge the Union army was building. The punishment for this is to be hanged. This is a story of a man’s last thoughts while being hanged for committing a crime. This is the analysis of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. The author who wrote An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is named Ambrose Bierce. Bierce lived from 1842 to about 1914 (ABAS: The Death of Bierce). Bierce disappeared somewhere

on what he does. Even though that she is his wife and he cheated on her she will still support him. It is good to know that she does care about him but does she have any logic in a persuasion? Proctor has just confessed innocent and he will be hanged." He have his goodness now, God forbid I take it from him"(152). Elizabeth always knew there was a good man in John. Even though he did cheat on her

his back, and a rope around his neck. From this point we can already assume that he is going to be hanged. We can also assume that the setting of the story is around wartime because of how Bierce goes into detail about the soldiers of the federal army and sentinels who are on the bridge with the unknown man. In the second section, Bierce goes into more detail about who exactly is the man being hanged. We learn that his name is Peyton Farquhar, and he is a planter as well as a slave owner. Here Bierce

Throughout the play the Crucible, John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor both have been accused of witchcraft, and both think it is pointless as well. They will not confess either so they both choose to be hanged. All throughout the play there are many similarities and differences as well between the two characters john and Elizabeth. During the play there are many differences between the two characters john and elizabeth such as john proctor being a preacher and will not lie to save his life

story, “Peyton Farquhar was dead; his body, with a broken neck, swung gently from side to side beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek bridge,” comes as a surprise to the reader because the story was describing how the character had escaped from being hanged, only to discover that none of it had actually happened. The trick-ending is used to shock the readers, and is clear sign of this being an old short

sunday morning at sentencing, the Judge says “At dawn, in one of the next five days you shall be, surprised, drug out of your cell and hanged, you will not know what day you will be hanged”. The judge and the prisoner are both rational and they both know each are rational. The prisoner is sitting in his cell and thinking about the possible days he could be hanged. Now remember the judge's

questions surrounding villages about consorting with the devil(Blumberg). The governor’s wife was even accused of being a witch(Blumberg). The first conviction was Bridget Bishop and she was hanged eight days later(Blumberg).

If Abigail at any point confessed that she lied about the other women being witches, she would be hanged, so she had to keep the charade up. She had to keep lying to save herself. Judge Danforth stated that “God damns all liars,” so when Abigail heard him say this, she knew she could not confess to lying (94). When Mary Warren told the court that she

He wants George Jacobs land so bad he’s starting to blame innocent people of witchcraft so he can take over Jacobs 600 acres. Putnam had his daughter accuse Jacobs of sending his spirits out on her. This led to persecution by George Jacobs being hanged and Putnam ended up getting the forfeited 600 acres. This is clear when Giles Corey said, “if Jacobs hangs for a witch he forfeits up his property- that’s law! And there is none but Putnam with the coin to buy so great a piece” (Miller 186). Putnam