Some may argue that even though Mary was imprisoned, she still remained a serious threat to Elizabeth’s security. The Ridolfi plot was a plot in 1570 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots. Therefore, it could be proclaimed that Mary was still a threat to Elizabeth’s security because she was able to still plot against Elizabeth and endanger her safety, supremacy and religious settlement. She also admitted that she was the financial aid behind the plot. This would
In the time of her captivity she dealt with the death of her daughter, because the Indians prevented her from caring for her child in the proper way. Mary had terrible conditions to survive in and she struggled at times to keep her faith in God. Since she had to learn how to cope with the Indians her attitude towards
She help but many to death, along with the others following Abigails unholy agenda. In act two, the reader can see a change in Mary's attitude. She starts to stand up to John Proctor, seeming to have a new found confidence. She is still naive about Abby and what she is doing, but with the help of John Proctor, she begins to understand whats happening and admits she was pretending to be choked by spirits in the court. She goes before the court to testify the evil Abby is commiting.
Fortunately Mary had great luck and was helped by people around her and was able to survive through the most horrible things. In the long run, I believe the worst part for Mary in her
For the larger majority of the book she remains disloyal to the Proctor family and stay under the influence of the stories antagonist Abigale.. Even though she knows and willingly admits that she knows that john and Elizabeth remain innocent, she is very weak and easily manipulated. Mary folds under any pressure put towards her which according to the text leads her to disobey the orders given directly to her by john proctor and she remains under Abby's power. Even though she withheld the potential to warp the outcome of the fates of the people who fell victims to the false trials, she lied and was used to do Abigail's work.
Now I’m not say that Mary was innocent of everything bad because she did make many poor decisions. Like lying in court. “She only pretended to faint” (1329), says Proctor to Danforth. She agrees with him but refuses to show that side of her again. Not only this
The assassination of Tiberius Gracchus is the pivotal event that triggered the downfall of the Roman Republic, reigniting the power struggle between the aristocracy and common people and leading to the erosion of the Republic’s core ideals. The Republic was established following the tragic death of Lucretia, who took her life after being raped by Sextus Tarquinius. Lucretia’s suicide showed the aristocracy the potential of centralized authority to violate a women’s autonomy, instilling a fear of tyranny in the Republic. However, through his reforms, Tiberius Gracchus brought to light the divisions between the elite and disenfranchised masses, exemplified by his critique of the aristocracy’s hypocrisy: “‘The enemy must not be allowed near our
She once took Abigail’s side during the beginning of the trials to save her own self. Later, turning against Abigail to save John’s wife Elizabeth, she is asked by John Proctor to turn against the girls and help him “overthrow” the court or she would be beat. As soon as word gets out to the other girls that Mary is for John Proctor they instantly accuse Mary of being a witch and for torturing the girls. Mary is described as a “big yellow bird that has come to tear away Abigail’s face” (1260).
She was a also in the woods with the women and was accused of witchery. She didn’t want to hurt Abigail and Abigail played mind tricks on her. Mary was trialed and also lied about Abigail and brought elizabeths name in the trial. Mary Warren caused more drama in the court instead of putting it to rest. “A fire, a fire is burning!
She accuses John Proctor of witchcraft because she doesn’t want to hang. Mary says ‘my name, he wants my name. "I’ll murder you," he says, "If my wife hangs! We must go and overthrow the court," he says!” (Act 3)
But the only reason that her son was able to able to become king was due to the death of others in line for the throne. Now some are taking it into consideration whether Livia had anything to do with the death occurrences for those in line for the throne. Since there is no solid evidence, just theories, no one can prove that she actually did. Livia and Augustus never had a child together.
I had chosen to watch a video over Bloody Mary. I became intrigued by the notion of a Queen who put many people to death. It seemed un-Queen like to me and I wanted to learn more about the life of Mary Tudor. The YouTube video I watched was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXL4WL9y9qg.
Mary is a Proctor’s loyal servant that took the place of Abigail. It should come to a surprise that she turns against her master. ”My name, he wants my name. “I’ll murder you.” he says,”if my wife hangs!
In Marthin Luther Kings quote he says, “an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust”. This can relate to Mary because it was her belief that everyone is capable and should have a one on one relationship with God. This went against the teachings of the church, and caused Mary to get condemned for still speaking out. In this way, her actions are similar to those in the quote. Additionally, Mary “willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice” through her willingness and continuously going back to surrender to the Puritans.
Though she is portrayed as meek, even more so than Elizabeth, she attempts to stand up for herself throughout the play. However, this only leads to her being mistreated by John, Abigail, and various others. At one point she has to choose between listening to John, who had previously grabbed her by the throat (Miller 80) or Abigail and the rest of the girls who bullied her into silence (Miller 18-19). Mary exemplifies the reasons why women typically did not stand up for themselves, especially against men who were their most common
