Tom Robinson Guilty Of Raping Mayella

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Is Tom Robinson guilty of raping Mayella? Well according to the testimonies of Mr.Ewell and Mayella, Tom Robinson had allegedly raped Mayella and beaten her. Miss Mayella Ewell said that Thomas Robinson had beat her, choked her, and raped her: ¨He got me round the neck, cussin´ me an´ sayin´ dirt-I fought´n´ hollered, but he had me round the neck. He hit me agin an´ agin-¨ (180). Something that the audience and the rest of the people in court notice throughout Miss Mayella's alibi was that she kept on changing it and she seemed very nervous and scared when ever Atticus would question her very deeply. For example as he questioned her story he mention about the strange fact that NO ONE heard her scream, ¨You were screaming all this time--I