The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, depicts women as weak persons, who are expected to submit to men, and whose only access to power is through dishonest means. None of the females in The Crucible possess extreme power, but the truthful, pure-hearted, and family oriented women seem to be even less powerful than the others. Elizabeth Proctor and Rebecca Nurse are two of the less powerful women in The Crucible. Both of their lives are led by an instinct to serve their families and communities . Elizabeth Proctor is convicted in participating in witchcraft even when it seems obvious to her loved ones and most others around her that she had never involved herself with demonic forces .
They’re disgusted by the fact that Lena never even attempts to become a dismal clone of one of them, and the girls enjoy tormenting her daily. Ethan and his friend, Link, are the only ones who ever offer Lena real friendship, and Ethan cares enough to stand up for Lena at the expense of his own social
When Walter refuses to take the quarter but Miss Caroline insists, Scout interrupts, "…you'll get to know all the county folks after a while. The Cunninghams never took anything they can't pay back—no church baskets and not scrip stamps. They never took anything off of anybody; they get along on what they have. They don't have much, but they get along on it". Miss Caroline is shocked at Scout’s rudeness; ‘ You're starting out on the wrong foot in every way, my dear", and sends her out of her lesson.
Christine was a marter and didn’t mind taking over the project and letting Janet be a loafer. Janet eventually felt like she didn’t play a role and had no contributions to the team. Janet felt no self worth within the group and this carried on to situations at work. Janet needed the support of this group more than ever. Christine thought since the rest of the group was doing well she didn’t need to worry about one member.
Kate’s mother explained to her that he is mentally disabled, but still has the same goals in life. She also explained to Kate that they had a lot in common and took her to go meet Timmy. She was scared at first and then she realized how nice and “normal” he is despite his disabilities. She Invited Timmy to go play with her and her friends. At first her friends were quiet and didn’t want Timmy to play with them.
Mrs. Hopewell think that Hulga/Joy has missed out on the best things in life and “who had never danced a step or had any normal good time” when she was younger (52). Mrs. Hopewell gave Joy her name because she was the joy of her life. To show retaliate and disconnect her own identity as Joy legally changed her name to Hulga. She choose that name because she did not see her mother giving her joy and needed to show herself that she was not in
Both of Ashley’s parents were normally austere. Unlike her friends’ parents, her parents never let her do anything. Ashley was an autonomous person while her friends were not. Most of the time Ashley would even think that her so called friends did not even like her. Ashley was banal and benign while the girls had a reputation of ruining people’s reputation.
One twin died though, in heaven he is now…got it easy. Me Mam tried her best, loved us all. Worked hard trying to feed us and keep us in order. We never had any dough, me Mam could never pay the milkman or the catalogue man and me Mam thought they’d take us from her ‘cause she couldn’t keep us under control. Went to work me Mam did, not like me.
Lindsey rarely talked about her problems. She felt like nobody would care, and she was too embarrassed because her friends thought she was so well put together. They thought she was perfect, she didn’t want to ruin that reputation. When summer came along, her friends would invite her to hang out but she would always make excuses up and say she couldn't. Her friends eventually gave up on her and stopped caring about being her friend.
Like Cinderella Jane is a poor, unfortunate girl when growing up. Unlike Cinderella though, she was never known for her beauty; yet Mr. Rochester fell deeply in love with her. Despite the fact that she wasn’t beautiful, she had another trait that intrigued Mr. Rochester: her intelligence. When Miss Ingram was visiting Mr. Rochester for a period of time at his home entertaining him Jane notes how beautiful she is, but instead of becoming jealous she pities her. She states, “She had a fine person, many brilliant attainments; but her mind was poor, her heart barren by nature” (Brontë 1.239).