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Mayella Ewell was primarily beaten on the right side of her face according to her testimony in the trial in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird."
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What was the unique thing about tom which would lead one to believe that he had not grabbed and beaten mayella in the story to kill a mockingbird?
Mayella had bruises on the right side of her face. So if someone would of attacked her and hit her in the face they would probably be dominant in their left hand. Toms left arm is significantly shorter than his right due to a farm injury.
What is so important about tom Robinson's physical appearance what according to the testimony does this prove beyond a doubt?
Tom Robinson's left arm is useless. It hangs limply at his side. So much so, that he can't even keep it laid on a Bible in order to raise his right hand to take the oath. Mayella Newell was beaten on the right side of her face. Since the person who beat her up was facing her, that person MUST have used his left hand. (If he had been using his right hand he would have beaten the LEFT side of Mayella's face.) It is obvious to EVERYONE in the courtroom (except the Newells) that it was physically impossible for Tom Robinson to have beaten Mayella. If that part was a lie, then the entire rape/assault must have been a lie, too.
What do you learn from Mr Tate and Mr Gilmer about how Mayella had to have been struck?
Mr. Tate and Mr. Gilmer testify that Mayella Ewell was beaten on the right side of her face, suggesting that the assailant was left-handed. This information is used to imply that Tom Robinson, who had a disabled left arm, was the one responsible for the attack.
What are the main points in Heck Tale's evidence what does Atticus show in his cross examination of sheriff tate?
Mayella was bruised badly and had a black eye on her right side. Atticus shows in his cross-examination of Sheriff Tate is that no one called a doctor to help Mayella.
What does Atticus prove by having Bob Ewell write his name on the envelope?
Atticus proves that Bob Ewell is left handed. Since most of Mayella Ewell's injuries were sustained on the right side of her face, then she was most likely beaten by a left handed person. Tom Robinson couldn't use his left hand because of an accident when he was younger, therefore, he couldn't have beaten Mayella.
What was the importance of mayellas brusies being primarily on the right hand side of her face?
it is important that Mayella has bruises on the right side of her face because it helps prove that Tom Robinson did not hit Mayella in her face. We know he did not hit her because when he was young he got his left hand stuck in a cotton gin and he cannot use his left hand. Because he cannot use his left hand, he certainly cannot hit with is left hand and if someone got hit on there right side of their face, the attacker is Left handed.
What are Mayella Ewells injuries?
"He first explains that "She was pretty well beat up". Then says "Well, she was beaten around the head. There was already bruises comin' on her arms. She also had a black eye. Right eye." Rate This Answer
What was the importance of mayella bruises being primarily on the right hand side of her face?
Tom Robinson had a deformed left hand.
What did the fact that mr Ewell was left handed have to do with the fact that mayella was beaten on the right side?
Think about it this way...You're facing someone, and you're about to punch them in the face. You're left handed, which means you're going to throw the punch with your left hand. Since the other person is mirroring you, they will be hit on the right side of your face, since you hit with your left hand.
How does Atticus show that Tom Robinson could not have committed the crime he is accused of?
Atticus asks Mr. Bob Ewell to write his name on a piece of paper while he is cross examining him. Mr. Ewell writes his name with his left hand, so he is left handed, which proves that Tom Robinson could not have raped and beaten Ms. Mayella Ewell, because Tom Robinson's left arm is completely crippled from an accident he had long ago. Ms. Mayella Ewell had been beaten on the right side of her body. Atticus shows that it was Bob Ewell who beat Mayella, but due to the racism in Maycomb, Tom Robinson was wrongly convicted as a black man.
What does Atticus want to reveal bout mayellas injuries?
The fact is that Mayella's injuries were mainly on the right side of her face, meaning whoever beat her was left handed (basing there hits with there left hand) Mayella's father is left handed, but Tom Robinson could barely use his left hand, making Atticus prove that it was Bob (but hey, you know the ending)
What was the importance of Mayella's bruises primarily on the right-hand side of her face in?
It was important because it would prove Tom's Innocence. When tom was little his left arm got crippled ina farming accident proving that he could not have hitten mayella on the right side of her face that would leave bruises However Bob Ewell her father was left handed proving that he had the ability to beat Mayella in such a way which he most probably would do given the circumstances of their home.
