sees her sacrifice of “Milk! Blood!... the essential liquids plus the docile flesh of the sacrificial victims?” as a means to gain the favor of her ancestors. (139) We find her viewing the sudden appearance of a bird emerging from the “motionless cinders” which rises‚ “straight up into the sun” as a sign of her supplication being answered. (139) Yet Tituba is powerless on her own for even if her sacrifice is answered with the death of a sailor pointing to the spirits demanding further sacrifice. As a
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The play begins with the initial reports of witchcraft and witchcraft-related afflictions‚ like in the cases of Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam. It sets the stage for the build up of the plot‚ which delves deeper into the Salem Witch Trials that resulted in numerous convictions and executions of Salem residents. What is interesting about The Crucible is the development of the "love" or lust of Abigail Williams for John Proctor‚ which took place prior to the first act. What was initially young forbidden
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Sympathizing with Antigone Very few things in life are entirely one-sided‚ with the clear and unbiased result being obvious. Life in general is much more complex‚ with multiple viewpoints and intricacies being required in order to have a grasp on the reality of a situation. In Sophocles’s Antigone this fact still holds true. Antigone and Kreon are locked in an argument over the burial of her brother‚ Polyneices‚ with Antigone going against the law set up by Kreon and burying her brother. Both
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Should You Pay for Your Rescue? Many people do regrettable things in which would require the need of a rescue. But then there’s those who just get caught in an accident. So yes‚ people should be held accountable for their actions and no depending on the situation. This is shown through “Life of Pi”‚ “The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt”‚ “The Value of a Sherpa Life”‚ and finally‚ “The Seventh Man”. The short story‚ by Yann Martel‚ “Life of Pi” explains the concept of why we
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RIDING TO THE SUN If you’re looking for a great hobby which can help you to relax and in the same time it’s fun‚ you should definitely consider horse-riding. My adventure with that great leisure activity started when I was a 5-year-old child. I have always watched my older cousins riding so I decided to learn myself. And it was the best thing I have ever done. Horse-riding has many advantages both physical and mental. Thanks to this activity you learn coordination and balance because without them
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In the story “A Raisin in the Sun‚” Beneatha Younger shows us her quite unique character through conversations. She is ambitious‚ educated and a feminist. As an African American woman at that time‚ she is going to college and she wants to be a doctor. She is such an ambitious girl who has a strong personality. “What do you want from me‚ Brother----that I quit school or just drop dead‚ which!” (36). she learns guitar: “I just want to‚ that’s all” (47) Mama uses the word flit to describe her. “I don’t
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Proven by The Diary of a Young Girl‚ by Anne Frank‚ the play by Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett The Diary of Anne Frank‚ does not have a justified use of dramatic license because the authors twist the characters to be very different than real life‚ the story is misleading to the readers about a historical time‚ and there was an absence of characters in the play. The falsification of Mr.Van Daan’s and Mr. Frank’s personalities allows the readers to believe that the characters
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Tragic news is about to be given to a wife‚ who suffers from heart trouble. Her condition is why her family and close friends need to break the news very gently of her husband’s death. In “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin portrays Ms. Mallards character with an outbreak of grief‚ an inability of assimilation‚ ability of reflection‚ and an ability of clear significance at the end. Ms. Mallard new understanding of autonomy excited her‚ once taken away from her she becomes unavailable. The struggles
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“Heritage of values from ancient world” Tragedy can either be the darkest part of life for one person or it can be a learning opportunity for the other person. Of all the tragedies written in the literate‚ “Oedipus the King” written by ‘Sophocles’ is one of the oldest and the most prominent tragedies written to date. It is the story of the king‚ who is left to die by his own parents‚ luckily survived‚ unknowingly killed his own father and married his mother. Although this story was written 2000 years
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Lear and A thousand acres comparison The one social issue that hasn’t evolved since the 17th century is the ever present schisms between families. People have always cheated‚ parents have always chosen favorites‚ and the struggles for wealth and power have always torn families apart. Most notably‚ these conflicts have been portrayed in Shakespeare’s King Lear and Romeo and Juliet‚ but the theater of family argument has also shone through in modern works such as Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres.
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