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    Miller creates tension in this moment in the play through the song‚ the dialogue and the stage directions. The song creates a lot of tension in this moment in the play. The song does this by having Rudolpho singing this the song about Catherine. This creates tension because the song objectifies Catherine by calling her a “paper doll” in the song. This also creates because it helps confirm the theory that Rodolpho is only after Catherine because he wants his papers to be an american citizens. Tension

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    Zakaria Al Bahlani 2/17/2013 Word Count: 575 Question: What does Arthur Miller tell us through the character of Joe Keller in “All My Sons”? I think that Arthur Miller tells us about responsibility‚ how we should be responsible and not blame it on other people‚ also how your responsible‚ the importance of family‚ how money affects people and war. On Page 49 Joe Keller describes the importance of family‚ he says “see...this is what I mean. you get older and‚ you want to feel that you

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    Mccarthyism Vs Crucible

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    Era‚ was also clearly present in The Crucible with its deeply religious nature. American society during the McCarthy Era had a great fear of the Communists because they believed that the Communists wanted nuclear war‚ which meant the destruction of America and the rest of the world. On the other hand‚ communists did not yet exist in the time period that The Crucible took place in. Instead‚ the deeply religious nature of the theocratic town of Salem is what Miller used to portray the same amount of

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    Appearance vs. Reality In the novels‚ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott‚ the characters experience appearance vs. reality in many different ways. The most predominant ways would be‚ trying to be someone different‚ lies‚ and Protection. Both Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye‚ and the girls from Little Women‚ experience that things are not always as they first seem to be. Firstly‚ Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye‚ and Marmee

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    On the subject of Susan Abbotson’s “law in the works of Arthur Miller” she speaks: “In such a play as The Crucible‚ the main impetus is quite literally a trial‚ but we actually spend our time outside the courtroom to see more pointedly the unpleasant repercussions in a society that allows itself to be governed by laws that are clearly open to corruption in the pursuit of personal gain.” Particularly‚ her claim focuses on the judicial aspect of the town which can be taken advantage of by corrupt individuals

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    Perverted Trajectories of Power-Games in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Pawan Kumar Sharma(Research scholar) Dr A S Rao ( Assistant Professor of English) MITS University‚ Lakshmangarh‚ Sikar (Raj.) 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

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    us to build our own fears and insecurities. This is remarkable in the life of our dear salesman‚ who during the play exposes his worries and the time when they started‚ as well as the different incidents that later contribute to his insanity. Arthur Miller presents the insecurities of Loman through different quotes in the play. For example‚ in page 38‚ Loman says that‚ “he feels lonely when business is bad.” This is the first time he lets us know about his feelings. As well‚ in page 51‚ when Ben

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    is alternative reality? When someone hears the phrase they may think of a faraway time where the world changes forever‚ or perhaps a science fiction story that shows a fantasy world that still relates to home. Both are correct but recently this term is being used to categorize the topics of both augmented and virtual reality. Even these terms still sound like a science fiction plot but have already started production and will soon be part of many people’s daily lives. Virtual reality‚ something that

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    Act one opens in Willy Loman’s home in Brooklyn. Willy is 63 years old and is a traveling salesman. He feels that he has yet to reach a level of success that would allow him to stop traveling and afford the bills. As we come to know Willy he is always complaining to his wife Linda about their son Biff who has failed to find a steady serious job. Willy being an argumentative man tries to get his son to see the joys of being a salesman. Referring to many flashback of the memories Willy once

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    It is common knowledge that Author Miller wrote The Crucible as a reaction to a tragic time in our countries history. The McCarthy hearings‚ as they came to be known‚ which dominated our country from 1950 to 1954‚ where hearings in which many‚ suspected of being related to communism‚ where interviewed and forced to give up names of others‚ or they where imprisoned‚ and their names were black listed. There are several parallels between the McCarthy Era‚ and the time of the Salem which trials. One

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