Clifton is a very self dependant woman. She goes on to say that “these hips have never been enslaved. they go where they want to go. they do what they want to do” (612). Through this she is sending a powerful message to women about self-worth.
Mary Warren was forced by John Proctor to speak the church about confessing/lying so Elizabeth could be back home with John. Abigail found out that all this was happening and she was mad, very mad. Most girls were afraid of Abigail because she was a threat to them. Abigail watched her parents die right in front of her, which scared the girls. Abigail also threatened the girls; she told them she would do horrible things if they ever turned on her.
She is the only person that stands in her way and presents complications for her life. The second protagonist, Nino, is not introduced until quite late, but they are both searching for the same thing – love. Amelie’s beginning goal is to escape her father’s protective shadow and explore the world on her own, but her efforts to explore her own world end up as the wrong goal as she becomes determined to help others, forgetting to help herself. This however does not affect her main goal, which through the film is her inescapable ability and need to help others. This relates to what is at stake – for if she didn’t help people she wouldn’t have acquired the courage to live her life and find love.
Abigail and the girls blame Elizabeth Proctor at first of being a witch and with devil and will not change their minds for anything. Some other people may believe this is false and that societal integrity is more important than personal integrity because societal has more people and the more people there are the better chance right/ their beliefs are accurate. Some people believe societal is more important because it is a group of people against one other person’s beliefs. In the “Crucible” everybody believes Abigail and the girls that they were being witch crafted because there was so many girls saying the same story and so it seemed as if they were right and telling the truth. Some may believe that the more people there are against something the majority rules.
This emotional repression stems from all her lies. She has spent so long lying to everyone else that she has believed these lie herself. She even told Mitch, “Never inside, I didn’t lie in my heart” (Scene Nine), speaking about the age and demeanor she had led Mitch to believe. She also wants to create fantasy for others, telling Mitch, “I don’t want realism, I want magic! […] Yes, yes, magic!
She's not happy with her life with Curly and tries to cheat on him. She is basically a tramp because she always snooping around with the workers. She tries to hit on Lennie but ends up getting herself killed by him. Lennie panicked and snapped her neck. Hopefully the audience will understand that Steinbeck's social criticism implies that he is using the book as a metaphor in order to make a point.
Let them despise and forever banish the man who can glory in the seduction of innocence and the ruin reputation. To assault associate is to approve; to approve is to be betrayed.” Foster uses this line to attack society with great vigor. She is saying society needs to change the present situation of women’s social status. The derogatory treatment of a woman’s true dignity and honor should not be justified. Eliza had to go into hiding, and died alone rather than be subjected to the heinous treatment of the supporters of societal rules for woman.
A victim is one who does not take a stand for him or herself, and is forced into doing things. Hester Prynne is presented as a victim of society rather than a rebel because she was shunned out of society while having the scarlet letter on her bosom, was forced to adapt to society’s ways, and could not be with her true love, Dimmesdale. The first instance in which Hester Prynne was presented as a victim was when she was isolated by society while having the scarlet letter on her bosom. Before her public humiliation, people were already talking about how bad of a person Hester Prynne was. They said things such as, “This woman has brought shame upon us all, and ought to die” (36) and “At the very least, they should have put the brand of a hot iron on Hester Prynne’s forehead” (36).
She was forced to wear a public symbol of shame and was shunned to the outskirts of society. The Puritan society is the true antagonist of this story because they alienated her from their culture and branded her as an adulteress. Throughout the entire book, Hawthorne follows Hester and the other characters in the aftermath of Hester’s punishment. Except, couldn’t this of been avoided if she was never punished at all? The extent of Hester’s punishment ran into the very fabric of the town.
While lying with Betty, she warns the other girls, “If anyone breathe a word or the edge of a word about the other things, I will come to you in the black of some terrible night” (). However, when the news of her and the other girl's strange actions spreads like wildfire, the hysteria sets in. Abigail only contributes to the hysteria, though. She makes up lie after lie just to conceal her wrongdoing. She even pretends to see Mary Warren take the shape of a yellow bird while in court just to take the focus off her and John’s affair.