Another reason their relationship is dangerous is that if John Procter were to prosecute against Abigail Williams saying that she is in fact a witch, Abigail Williams could very easily tell the entire town that she and Procter have been having an affair to get revenge on him. It wouldn’t really affect her too much, but on the contrary, it would ruin his reputation in the town and his relationship with his wife. Later in Act I, Abigail is being “interrogated” by Reverend Hale and she claims “I never sold myself! I’m a good girl! I’m a proper girl!” (Miller 40) in this statement, Abigail is defending herself that she never sold herself to the devil.
Language Department Language Arts Lies we don’t want to know Once in our lives we have heard our parents or a teacher telling us lying is bad, that no matter what, the truth is always the answer, but in reality telling the truth can hurt as much as lying, people get affected by it. We as a society always brag about how important telling the truth is, when in fact we are not ready to hear it. According to the dictionary the meaning of ‘Truth’ is the true facts about something, rather than the things that have been invented or guessed, and of course it’s better to tell the truth than lying, but the truth can hurt as much as telling a lie and we are not ready to hear it if we react in a bad way. In the story ‘like the sun’ we see a man only saying the truth for a day, and instead of getting nice treats for doing the right thing, he gets bad consequences. Sekhar’s boss asks him to come to his house with him and tell him his truthful opinion on his singing, telling him that he can have 10 days to check the tests, but in that moment he needed to focus on his music “Well, you must listen with a free mind.
By calling into question the truth of his stories, he disorients readers who are expecting to read a standard fiction, where the events are undoubtably false. He also shows readers why reinventing a story may be more important than telling the story just as it is remembered. Norman Bowker disapproves of O’Brien’s first attempt to describe a horrific battle, and, therefore, O’Brien feels the need to rewrite the story. Essentially, O’Brien must remember the event in a new way that makes the story more real for Bowker and other readers. Finally, O’Brien explains to readers why stories must be told, even with the risk telling the story the “wrong” way.
I want you to take it; I want to give it to you- the six thousand and all.”(25). This quote proves the aphorism, “Mo’ money, mo’ problems”, to be true because if Huck had thought that the money would have done him some good, then he wouldn’t have given it away. In fact, Huck turns out to be right about this. This part turns the table on the whole plot. If it weren’t for him giving away the money, then Pap would have been pleased and never would have taken him.
He uses the money to buy a house but nothing in it. As he ages he decides to use prayer to try to escape the devil in the afterlife. Throughout the story Tom does many villainous and unethical behaviors, this makes him an antihero. He is particularly an American antihero because he shows characteristics of the American portrayal of the British at that time; the British are the definition of a villain to the Americans. Tom Walker is specifically an American antihero as he is selfish and only wants money, unfaithful in his marriage and deals, and is trying to fight back when he realizes consequences of his deal.
When his wife Elizabeth Proctor was accused for witchery John knew he must do everything he could to prove to the court she wasn’t a witch and Abigail was lying. Although John wanted to do everything for his wife he was not ready to admit to the court what he had done instead he used Mary Warren. Mary Warren was a young lady who took Abigail’s job at the Proctor household and was also one of the girls who were lying about seeing people’s spirits in the court. “She never saw no spirits sir” John Proctor said to Danforth. (88) When Mary told him that she and the other girls were just pretending about seeing the spirits he is unsure if Mary is telling the truth.
The argument concludes with the claim that, despite the supposed infallibility, people are often mistaken in their moral judgements. This would seem like a coherent argument if one took infallible to mean unchanging and constant, as the subjectivist mind would likely move around in moral viewpoint throughout a life and loose its constancy. However, subjectivism suggests that simply the action of believing and thinking a moral claim renders it true, regardless of whether one abandons such an outlook moments
Abigail was the kind of character that had a good mind but used it for the bad and not for the good. She is far superior to the other in the village intellectually and demonstrates this when she greedily persuades her fellow girlfriends to play along in her lies and hysteria. The lies about Elizabeth Proctor being a witch don’t pay off in the end because John Proctor testifies against her. This was something the he did not want to do because it made him look like he wasn’t the honest person everyone thought he was but he knew he had to do it for his and Elizabeth’s sake. Although John Proctor is executed, he went down knowing that he did what was right by choosing
Janika Hirvi Evaluate the role of reason as a way of knowing Sometimes I am surrounded by a lot of questionable things, whether there is someone controlling us, are we real, how do we know things? For these questions there are no right or wrong answers, but can we know, when our knowledge is heading into the right direction? In the world there are a lot of things were you can doubt, but still you have to make your own decisions what no one else can do for you, other people can just persuade you. We can assume many things, what are not explainable with reason, but it can lead us to a false conclusion. When conclusions are made, they are made usually through reasoning.
Was this Ironic? Due to Annie’s resentment towards the Perkins Institute for the Blind one would think so. Wolff states that Annie, “was seen as a radical: Pro- Irish, anti Protestant establishment, more interested in independence than receiving charity.”(pg. 188 Wolff) Why is it that Annie insisted on teaching Helen the idea of obedience? I believe that it’s because after all of Annie’s own experiences she knew that there was no alternative way to make a life for a “less that average” person.