The Colonial Period

The world on Turtle‘s back: why do the Iroquois call the muskrat earth diver.In the creation story ‘The world on The Turtle’s back”, the author; Iroquois calls Muskcat the earth diver. This was because he was the one who dived in the sea and after a long time his small body drifted on the surface of the ocean with a minute parts of earth grasped in his paw thus becoming the diver who brought from the bottom of the sea the soil from which the earth was created. 2, In the “la relacion”, explain with reasons why the Spaniard feared the karankawa Indians There are many reasons why the Spaniard feared the karankawa Indians. According to the author the Karankawa Indians who resided along the Texas coastline of the bay of Mexico were good warriors and European settlers were afraid of them. By 1700, the Spaniard wanted the land that belonged to Karankawa but they had to fight the Indians in order to get the land. (Layman 14-20) posits that the Spaniards did this by coming up with myths which purported that the Karankawa Indians were cannibals. Many of the Karankawa warriors were tall, strong and fierce and had superior bows and arrows. They used shrewd tactic of suddenly show up apparently out of nowhere to assault then retreated or escaped in the same way. There were grounds why the Spaniards feared them in the 17th century.Section BThe crucible by author millerDescribe Abigail’s character through the playAbigail Williams is the main character in the play. She represents the fight against subdued desires and social limitations of Puritans. Her apparent belief in witchcraft may have similar roots to her passion. She is in the beginning seen as scared and deplorable character, spiteful in her allegations and miserable in her desire for close human touch and attention. Abigail is independent, cunning and very selfish. She sees herself as Proctor's right love and his perfect preference for a wife despite the fact that he is married to Elizabeth. She shrewdly develops a scheme to get rid of Elizabeth. She possesses intelligent insight and ability for strategy and uses her power to generate an atmosphere of terror and coercion by accusing other girls of practicing witchcraft when they refuse to go with her plan. Her accusations of the innocent at first disclose a mischievous pleasure in exerting power over other people's lives.When Abigail comprehends that her schemes has failed and that she has in a way led Proctor to the gallows, she exhibits the same icy lack of concern that controls her actions throughout the play. She runs away from Salem to Boston where she becomes a prostitute.Question 4Teenaged girls of the village had been caught dancing in the wood naked, which was a clear sign of witch craft according to puritans’ standard. The girls had been told by Abigail to dance but, when asked why they did that they lied because they feared Abigail who could have cunning accused …