This is a quote by Elizabeth Proctor.
It is an important quote from <em>The Crucible </em>(1953) by Arthur Miller, a play that explores the story of the Salem witch trials in Massachussets in 1692.
In the play, Elizabeth Proctor is accused of witchcraft by Abigail Williams, her husband's mistress. In that way, the quote is from Elizabeth to John. In this excerpt of the play, she is talking about Abigail, who apparently wants to take Elizabeth's place. Therefore, Elizabeth uses these words to explain her husband that his mistress accuses her of witchcraft because she is motivated by jealously.
1- She refers to founding documents, in order to show her audience that even from its founding, the United States has granted certain rights to all people, and there is no caveat in these documents that states that women do not qualify for these rights.
4- Anthony discusses a conversation with Senator Sumner in which she argued that he had granted freed (male) slaves the right to vote -as they too were people and citizens, and therefore deserved this right- and there was no reason for women to not also be given this right.
The author or The Odyssey, an epic written in 700 B.C., was Homer. (:
Most likely the right to own land. people needed more land for crops, and textile mills so the government made a few new laws.
