In the article called “A New Deal for Teachers‚” Matthew Miller discusses a very serious problem in the education system: incompetent teachers are causing a really big concern on schools. New teachers are not trained in the proper way to instruct students. Their “poor quality standard such as their undeveloped skills affects the learning of students‚ but that is not the great issue that bothers other colleagues. Most of those teachers cannot be fired. Rotating them from school to school is the only
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Arthur Miller‚ one of America’s greatest playwrights‚ living or dead‚ is a master of verbal irony. An examination of three strong examples of verbal irony in Millers play‚ The Crucible‚ will prove this out. While Miller started the genre of the tragedy of the common man‚ and is also know for his thoughtful and decisive plot lines‚ much of his fame‚ possibly can be attributed to his brilliant use of language generally‚ and his use of verbal irony in particular. Amidst the drama of the court
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you are and you just talked to him in your way‚ I’m sure he’d come through for me” (Miller‚ 92). The tragic truth is revealed when Biff finds “the women” in the same room and breaks down crying realizing his father’s affair. He takes back his help and says “never mind” (Miller‚ 95) and says “I’m not going there [university of Virginia]” (Miller‚ 95) as he walks away from the hotel room while his father “order” (Miller‚ 95) him to come back because he longer believes his father’s high stature can help
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The Crucible is a 1953 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It was initially called "The Chronicles of Sarah Good". It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism‚ when the U.S. government blacklisted accused communists.[1] Miller himself was questioned by the House of Representatives’ Committee on Un-American Activities in 1956 and
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girls in the crucible by ARTHUR MILLER by truc huynh professor: heidi kozlowski english 1b july 28‚ 2011 Truc Huynh Professor Heidi Kozlowski English 1B 29 July 2011 The Theories of the Accusing Girls in The Crucible The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ which was first performed at Martin Beck Theater on January 22‚ 1953‚ is one of the excellent dramas in the 20th century. From the experiences‚ political and social cognizance and historical fact‚ Miller have built an immortal drama which
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In the poem Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy‚ who is the 1st female poet Laurate‚ destructive power of jealousy is described from Medusa’s point of view. Duffy also explores the physical effects of emotional distress when her suspicion‚ doubt and fear transform into a filthy snakes. Duffy displays these by using a powerful language‚ effective tones and different text structures. Carol Ann Duffy uses language very effectively to enhance the understanding and fluency of the poem. She uses alliterations
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Jenna Aucoin Ms. Messervey English 12 Due: October 1st 2014 Character Analysis The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play that takes place in 1692 in the small Massachusetts village of Salem. Salem is a Puritan community; they are a very restrictive society with strong beliefs. They believe in hard work and prayer‚ therefore they consider material and sexual desires unnatural and evil. Abigail Williams‚ the main character is the reason for the witch trials that begin in Salem. She is dishonest
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annotation etc. Many of the existing methods focus on the feature extraction and to bridge up the gap between low level features and high level semantics. In this paper we propose a supervised machine learning (SML) using artificial neural network (ANN) and singular value decomposition (SVD) for image retrieval. Specifically we use back propagation algorithm (multilayer perceptron) (MLP) for training and testing our proposed model. Experimental results show that by changing parameters of feature vector
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In the play‚ “The Crucible‚” by Arthur Miller‚ John Proctor is portrayed as a tormented individual whose flaws inevitably lead him to his own destruction. Proctor’s lust for Abigail Williams is the instigator of the hysteria surrounding the witch trails. During the Salem Witch trials‚ Proctor tries to convince the court that the trial are fraudulent‚ he is then thrown into the mix of a corrupt society with greedy preachers‚ landowners trying to steal land‚ and a young girl infatuated with him and
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Arthur Miller is a well-known name among American playwrights. In the play‚ The Crucible (1953)‚ he visualises a world immune to all kind of abuses. He wants to see hale and hearty society. In this paper‚ it has been sought to expose corrupt routes of power‚ how it is gained and lost. In fact‚ like Karl Marx‚ Miller also denegrates class-bound society. He abhors victimised relationships. Of couse‚ he has taught the lessons of kindness to huminity. In the play‚ The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller has dreamt
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