The Meaning of Truth and Judgment In society‚ truth has no meaning because people in numbers‚ rule and come together‚ only believing what they want to believe. Great strength in numbers is a key factor in The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller. What the townspeople of Salem said‚ always went. There is no arguing and no deciding. If someone was accused or judged as being a witch‚ they were most like condemned for being one. The definition of judgment is the formation of an opinion (Encarta Encyclopedia
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Final Projects for The Crucible Select one of the following to complete independently or with a partner: People Magazine’s Love Triangle of the Year Produce a magazine article in which you try to piece together the story of this love triangle from the various characters’ points of view. Your article should include comments by John Proctor‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ and Abigail Williams. The main goal here is to understand the effect their actions had on each of the others. Be sure to bring out the major
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In the beginning of the story‚ Reverend Parris is looking at his daughter‚ Betty‚ while weeping and praying. She is asleep on her bed and cannot wake up. They know that she is not dead‚ but she does not move or speak. She just lies there. Parris heard that Betty and other girls were dancing in the woods. (This was a very bad thing at the time because that implied they knew the devil.) Reverend Parris’s slave‚ Tituba‚ is from Barbados. Abigail says that she put a spell on Betty so she would not wake
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Devil worshipers and witches turn a village against each other. The author who wrote The Crucible is Arthur Miller and was published in 1950 but the play took place in 1692. John Proctor was a good man with great intentions. Proctor is an honorable man because he took the blame for the false lies so the innocent people who were accused wouldn’t die. An honorable man is a man who stands up for something he did or didn’t do and takes the wrath of whatever the punishment is. Proctor is an honorable
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Synthesis Essay: Death of a Salesman and The Great Gatsby After reading Arthur Miller’s Deah of a Salesman and watching the movie of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s well known novel The Great Gatsby‚ the two works clearly demonstrate the lengths that people go to in order to achieve the American Dream‚ the stereotypical life of a rich‚ successful and happy American. Both Jay Gatsby and Willy Loman are blinded by the pursuit of their unrealistic dreams which eventually lead to their downfalls. In Death of a Salesman
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Rationale My written task is connected to Part 3 of the course: Literature - texts and context. During this part we read the play‚ The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller in the 1950s which talks about the Salem witch trials that took place in Massachusetts during the early 1690s which will be the primary resource of my written task. My written task will consist of two letters‚ one written by Abigail Williams‚ one of the major characters of the play and one written by Reverend Parris. Abigail’s
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The Crucible has such a title‚ meaning severe trial‚ because puritans believe that life is a test. They lived a very strict style and understood that if you do anything wrong in life‚ god would harshly punish you for it. This puts a lot of stress on the characters to live up to the expectations of living perfectly and faithful. People are willing to do anything to make themselves look good. For instance in the play Abigail lies about several things to save herself. One of the things she lies about
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Hope of the American Dream in Death of a Salesman The American Dream is something every American family strives to achieve some families push too hard to get to the place where they feel that they have achieved this dream; this is the case in the life of the Lomen family. The Lomen’s are the typical American family in the 1940’s. Willy and his wife Linda are a middle class family with two sons named Biff and Happy. Willy is an ageing traveling salesman that is struggling to accept
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As explained in his essay "Tragedy and the Common Man‚" Arthur Miller establishes the pattern for his own notion of a tragedy and the consequent ramifications for the tragic hero. This pattern supports the central idea that a tragedy can occur for characters who are common men as well as those in high places. Throughout his paper‚ Miller demonstrates that it should be possible for every reader to be able to identify with the tragic hero. Miller redefines tragedy as more common occurrence than what
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Being a salesman has always carried a negative stigma since the early 1900s. Being seen as pushy‚ high pressure‚ deceitful people; the dreaded activity of purchasing some car or new appliance has haunted everyone at some point or another. Many words have come to describe salesman such as “sharks”‚ “cons”‚ “thieves” etc.‚ and these words have stuck with the profession throughout the century. Two very realistic depictions of such phonies can be seen in Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller and Glengarry
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