John Chabala‚ Period 5‚ La 11H 12-19-14 Abigail Williams Author Millers play The Crucible. A small town in Massachusetts (in 1692) had a horrific event over a huge witch trial where over 24 people were killed; this eventually became known as the famous “Salem Witch Trials‚” the person who started the horrifying event was named Abigail Williams. As one of the main characters in the play‚ she is a very attractive young lady. However‚ her outwards personality seems to be bitter‚ spiteful and vengeful
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McCarthyism was based on Joseph
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Joseph McCarthy had become the most famous man in America for his “heroic” attempt to rid the nation of communism. In some cases‚ the anti-communist actions improved the safety of the country. The most famous case of this is the Rosenbergs. The couple were convicted of sending information to the Soviets about an atomic bomb. They were put to death for their actions. Today‚ it is thought to believe that Ethel Rosenberg had no real involvement in the treason‚ but the fear of the time period reflects
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Joseph McCarthy was a known senator who accused innocent people of being communists which at the time being communists made you a threat to the whole country. Joseph McCarthy was a man who had financial problems when he was young and he had to work all his way up from nothing to being a wealthy man. He was a hardworking man who sometimes did good things but other times didn’t. In his early years Joseph McCarthy had financial problems which meant he basically had no real income to feed himself
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words that attempt to describe the state of America during the horrific period known to history as the "Red Scare". A coup of power in American life was recently completed in Senator Joseph McCarthy’s rise to national attention as "judge‚ jury‚ prosecutor‚ castigator‚ and press agent‚ all in one." (Army-McCarthy Hearings) The Wisconsin Republican Senator was successfully trampling the State Department and other federal agencies‚ filling each day’s headlines with new accusations of Communists inside
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race against stockpiling weapons‚ weapons of mass destruction and complete annihilation of cities and towns from the dominant threat of communism. The American government was now focused on ways of containing and keeping communism from spreading. In Joseph McCarthy’s address on Communism‚ we see the importance of how this becomes a significant
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The Crucible In The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams is a wicked‚ sinful‚ foul girl who lies to get what she wants. She defends her life and her name by falsely accusing others of conspiring with the devil. Witchcraft or evil is forcefully shown through abigail williams. wickedness is represent by abigail in many ways. She uses many ways to fulfill her evil wants some of them were through whoring‚ insanity‚ allegation. Abigail williams is accused of whoring and from this branched the wickedness of
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falling on the ground‚ and appeared to be suffering immense pain. The disturbed girls‚ led by Abigail Williams‚ began to claim that they “saw people with the Devil”. They believed the accused were harming them through black magic. Throughout the months‚ there had been many trials and many of the accused were found guilty. The most notable accusation was of John Proctor and his wife. Abigail claimed
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could not help‚ He doesn’t know what medicine to use or give. Paris saw the girl dancing naked. 3) What do we learn in the exposition of the play about the events in the forest? About Abigail Williams’s past connections with the Proctor family? Abigail Williams put or wished for proctors wife to die. Abigail use to do service for the Procter’s household until she had an affair with john proctor. 4) What information about Thomas Putnam does Arthur Miller tell us in his expository aside? What
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Abigail Williams is a very important if not the most important person to this play. She has many different qualities that make her the unpredictable enigma she is. abby lies‚ cheats‚ steals‚ persuades‚ and snitches on everyone and anyone who gets in the way of what she wants. She has had a sheltered life and is tired of it which makes her quite rebellious and manipulative. It all starts out with her trying to find love in the wrong places. Act I Abby manipulates john procter throughout act 1. In
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