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.
Because of her hate towards Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth, Abigail creates demented tales, directed at abolishing the “problem.” Though Abigail’s wild canards seem quite obtuse in civilization today, at the time her acts fell to justification. Furthermore, because of Abigail’s childlike disposition in wiggling her way out of punishment as well as her lust and love for John Proctor, she found deceiving the people of Salem easy, seeing as the threat of witchcraft and demons loomed dangerously in the hearts and minds of all who lived there. Though the
Your fancy airs don't come to nothin' – your ma'amin' and Miss Mayellerin' don't come to nothin', Mr. Finch,"(Lee, 290). Mayella's rage and anger finally comes out when she gives her testimony but she directs her anger towards the wrong person. She desperately begs for they jury to realize what a terrible man tom is but in truth she want they jury to open there eyes and see she is actually talking about her father. But because Mayella is too much of a
Have you won him too?” [p. 151], she is referring to the townspeople of Salem as the hypocrites and questioning John’s integrity and strength. Further, she takes it upon herself to redress these hypocrisies; however, she herself is a hypocrite due to her fornication and adultery with Proctor, yet she considers herself holy. By informing the reader that her motive was not only revenge but to "cleanse" the town, Miller deprives the reader of the opportunity to form his own opinion on the conflict of the story. If the reader does not know that Abigail had this plan, than he has the ability to expand his knowledge and wonder if the conflict was real or a
Also it shows that the other girls as well as Marry Warren are scared of Abigail as they know that she is able to put the blame on anybody. Miller uses the power of fear to present Abigail as a powerful character as she uses it to control the other girls as they are frightened of her as she can get them killed. Miller uses the scene of the court room to emphasise this fear. The court room is a very powerful place and it is where people are judged to see if they are innocent or not. If they were innocent they would live and if they were found to be guilty they would be killed.
There are many instruments used to perpetuate male power (particularly rich, white, male power). Among the instruments used to perpetuate male dominance is male violence against females or the “privilege” of men to oppress women (Hooks 50). Among the feminist interests of U.S. ideology is termination of this violence. Living within a male-dominated system that suppresses women; can one rationalize women using murder as a counter to assault? The story of Aileen Wuornos was of specific interest to the feminist movement.
Lady Macbeth is constantly ridiculing Macbeth because he is too afraid to kill Duncan, and she even tells him that he might as well be a woman. This is ironic because in this quote, Lady Macbeth says “Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?” (5.1.39), which lets the readers know that she feels guilty. This guilt is what would eventually drive her to madness. Mental madness all due to an attempt to gain and maintain power; power both over their own selves and a run for
But it is a whore’s vengeance…’’ccite but did not want everyone to see it on paper. Another reason why justice was not served correctly is because even when John Proctor is condemned in the end, Giles Corey is too accused and later put to death for holding information from the court that they could have used. While he is being pressed to death by large, heavy stones, the only words he says are, “More weight,”CITE meaning he just want to get it over with because he knows he cannot escape
A couple of examples are spousal murder and rape. (Gen 14 2012, p.24-26) Women who murder their husbands no matter what the circumstances find it hard to be treated sympathetically by the justice system. This is due to the historical cultural stereotypes of women and the Judicial Myopia of the judges and courts. (Gen 14 2012, p.23) Historically men are given greater latitude when it comes to spousal murder as women are seen as a man’s possession and any deviance from that is provocation. (Gen 14 2012, p.24) Women find it difficult to plead provocation as they are expected to be submissive whereas male stereotypes suggests it is acceptable to be aggressive and abusive to keep the women obedient and in her place.
Emotions Overpowering Affect Why is it that humans let out emotions get the better of us and basically restrict our free will? In his play, Macbeth, Shakespeare writes about a character, Macbeth, coming to power through the vile act of murder enticed to him by his wife. Sinful actions have been connected with being overwhelmed emotionally several times throughout the play. There comes a point when a free willed decision can cause certain consequences whether bad or good and one can be judged on how they deal with the result. Some may try to fix the problem and put it behind them while others get too caught up and cannot stop their actions anymore for it is needed to keep them safe.