When Nader tells his wife about his decision to stay in Iran, Simin pleads with him for their daughter’s sake but Nader is adamant about his decision which leads to a filing for divorce by her. But because of lack of enough reasons for separation the judge denies them divorce. All is fine till then and Simin moves out leaving Nader with his ailing father and daughter. Problems
Edna agreed that she would “give up the unessential,” to Edna the views society has on her is “unessential” so therefore by making her suicide seem accidental Edna gives up what is unessential to her in order to protect her family. Edna rejected Creole culture based on he lack of interest in what others expected from her. To Edna, what others think of her is unimportant and therefore she is willing to protect the name of her children and husband so that it is not tainted by her suicide. This demonstrates that although throughout the novel Edna has shown disdain towards her family, she still cares about their
Her statement was constantly attacked by Danforth and Parris, the stubborn, prideful rat. Like a child trying to elude reprimanding, he fabricated holes in every attempt we made to reason with Judge Danforth. Then Abigail began to shiver and shriek, turning the blame of witchcraft on Mary. To see that Abigail and her friends' trickery was actually persuading the judge enraged me so much that I confessed to my act of adultery with her, in hopes of ruining her credibility. I was blind in my fury, grabbing the girl by the hair, wondering what I had seen in her.
(Sowers, Campbell, and Key) He exaggerated and exploited the evidence and ruined many reputations. The phrase "witch-hunts" derived from the hearings due to the similarity to the Salem witch trials. The Salem witch trial is analogous to the McCarthy trials of 1950; in both situations wide spread hysteria occurs, deriving from existing fears of the people of that era. The Salem witch hunt trials parallel the McCarthy era in three crucial aspects: unwarranted accusations, hostile interrogations of many innocent people, and they demonstrated how hard times lead to society's need to find a scapegoat. The unwarranted accusations that Joseph McCarthy and the citizens of Salem made are what fueled the widespread hysteria in both situations.
A Victim of Society Abigail Williams is a victim of her society in The Crucible. Many events and traumatic happenings have caused her to possess harsh and ruthless behavior towards others. During the Salem witch trials of 1692, Abigail not only accused innocent people of witchcraft, but also intended to split husband and wife John and Elizabeth Proctor because of her love for John. However, cruel and selfish actions are often influenced by an unpleasant past, as they are in Abigail’s case. One event in her past that influenced her behavior is her parents’ death.
However, love in the two stories did not result to happiness for the unknown woman in “A Sorrowful Woman” as in “From A Secret Sorrow” Faye ends up in a happy marriage and a great family. In "A Secret Sorrow" Faye feels that the only for her to achieve fulfillment and true happiness is to get married and have children unfortunately, her fate dictates otherwise. This resulted to a critical point in her relationship with her fiancé. Faye was expecting that her man would leave her once he knew of her disability. On the other hand the lady in "A Sorrowful Woman” has a husband and child but finds she sick and tired of what she had.
Her jealous acts caused the people she loved to have miserable lives. This not only hurt them but herself. In the middle of Act 2 Abigail accuses Elizabeth Proctor of doing voodoo on her; Abigail had to hurt herself to make it look like the truth. She lifts up her dress and shows John saying, “Why, look at my leg. I’m holes all over from their dammed needles and pins.
Who weeps for these, weeps for corruption.” says Danforth to the crowd because John Proctor was standing up to him and he ripped up he confession and speaking of the truth. The vindictive trait that is present in McCarthy, who distorted evidence and manipulated people. An example of a person who was innocently accused is Rebecca Nurse from “The Crucible” who represents Lillian Hellmann. Rebecca was as woman with up holding morals, which is evident when she refused to confess the names of other “witches”. She does not want to get caught in a web of lies.
She wants her family to step into the future and be a part of the world as it is. As she leaves home, she tells Maggie that, “It’s really a new day for us. But from the way you and mama still live you’d never know it” (Walker 8). Mom and Maggie don’t want to be changed by the outside culture that Dee embraces. They are confused and intimidated by her new image as “Wangero”.
Dayana Barrientos November 6, 2011 7 The unsupported lies manage to create hysteria among themselves, with many people attempting to search them out to expose or join them. Majority of the Puritans worshiped their religion. The Puritans accepted the interpretations of John Calvin on the nature of man, free will and predestination, and other basic concepts. Witches and the Devil were feared by the townspeople. Supposedly, the Devil walked on earth and tempted the townspeople to write their name with blood in a black book.