“I saw Goody Sibber with the devil” (Miller 1.1068). Random people are being falsely accused in Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible. It all starts when a group of young girls dance in the forest one night and one of the girls suddenly falls sick, the next thing you know is the whole town crying witchcraft. As a consequence, the young girls start to accuse casual people to save their selves and put the town’s dwellers life at stake. The main person behind the accusations is Abigail Williams, the head minister of the town’s niece, she watches cold heartedly innocent people being hung for her false indictment.
In this story Panttaja says it is both mothers that are wicked. Panttaja states the real mother “plots and schemes, and she wins” (Panttaja 660) when it comes to fulfilling the wishes of Ashputtle. But actually the two mothers have the same goal in mind; to have their daughters married off and have a joyful life. To be able to do this, the real mother puts a charm on the prince to make him fall in love with Ashputtle instead of anyone else. The prince did not dance with anyone else all night and would always say “she is my partner” (Grimm 630).
Also, both movies have a “leader of the pack”mentality . In The Crucible, the group leader is Abigail Williams, who scares the rest of the girls into lying and accuse the older people in the village. In one scene Abigail says infuriated “Let either of you breathe a word about the other things, and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” In Mean Girls, the leader of the group is Cady, who is in charge of the “plastics” and directs the flow of insults at other kids at the high school. During one scene in the movie, Both Abigail and Cady carry on without any regard to their moral thoughts and, when caught up in the moment, do things that they probably wouldn’t have
Anna Anderson is known as one of the best known of several imposters who have claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia. In 1927, an investigation funded by the Tsarina's brother, Ernest Louis, identified Anderson as Franziska Schanzkowska, a Polish factory worker with a history of mental illnesses. After a lawsuit lasting many years, the German courts ruled that Anderson had failed to prove she was Anastasia. Between 1922 and 1968, Anderson lived in Germany and the United States with various supporters and in nursing homes and even including at least one asylum. From early 1929 Anderson lived with Annie Burr Jennings, a wealthy Park Avenue spinster happy to host someone she supposed to be a daughter of the Tsar.
Afterwards, Abigail's friend, Mary Warren, tells the court that everything was made up. Abigail and the other girls accuse her of witchcraft. Warren is terribly upset how her so called friends could so easily deceive
Dunstan then finds out that the snowball had a stone hidden inside of it. Mrs. Dempster has been pregnant and after being hit, she begins to suffer and scream in pain. This incident resulted in her having a premature baby; Paul Dempster. Ever since that moment, Dunstan felt guilty. He knew that the snowball was aimed for him, and yet he dodged it making it hurt someone else instead.
Anastasia Romanov : Did Anastasia Romanov really die at the hands of Bolshevik’s? The Romanovs were the last imperial family of Russia, they were brutally murdered at the hand of the Bolsheviks, but did all the members of the family die or were there survivors, the most famous known story of survival is that of Anastasia. So who is Anastasia Romanov? She is the youngest daughter of Nicholas II Tsar of Russia and his wife Alexandra and she was born June 18th 1901. When she was born her father Nicholas was extremely disappointed that she was a girl because he desperately wanted a son so that the Russian empire could finally have an heir to the throne.
The missing family members were Alexei (the only son) and either Maria or Anastasia. In 1920, a woman was found after an attempted suicide with no identity. She claimed to be Anastasia Romanov, the youngest child of Tsar Nicholas ll and his wife Tsarina Alexandria. Was Anna Anderson the Grand Duchess? There is a large amount of evidence to suggest she
They both have similar and different qualities about them that make them unique. In the Crucible, Abigail is the deceitful teenager and Elizabeth is the innocent wife. Abigail Williams is a very clever, girl who can manipulate anyone she wants. A good example of this is when she is threatening her friends not to tell what they did in the woods. She says this, “And mark this—let either
Gretchen and Karen are Regina’s faithful minions who will do whatever it takes to stay in her good graces. They sabotage Cady’s Halloween party; bleach Janis’ hair and destroying the infamous burn book. By going through all Regina’s tasks it gives them dominion over other girls in their school. Yearning for Octavia’s luscious locks, Arnetta possesses power over the other Brownies since Octavia and Arnetta are friends. Octavia’s mane makes her envied because it opens the door for her to become a part of the white girl’s world that is televised.