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    that one may resort to preserve their personal beliefs or values by resorting to the use of power. Power can be in a form of using personal might or the use of the combination of power from the community or government bodies. This could be seen in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible which highlights the use of power of the

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    your American Dream would differ from the former. Although the American Dream fails for many individuals‚ it is not the American system’s fault; instead‚ it is due to a lack of hard work and dedication from the pursuers. In Arthur Miller’s play‚ "Death of a Salesman"‚ Miller uses many different characters to contrast the difference between the successes and failures of the American system. Willy is the long time salesman who has little sales ability but his imagination makes up for it. Linda‚ Willy’s

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    In most books‚ small roles are never very significant‚ but in A Man For All Seasons one of the characters proves this wrong. The common Man is an ordinary person who the audience can relate to. This ties in with one of the main idea of the play‚ human nature. The audience learns that the Common Man can jump into different roles and assume that characters identity. The roles he plays although modest‚ are still very important to the development of the plot. The speeches that he delivers help keep

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    How does Arthur Miller show that the American Dream has become perverted in ‘All my Sons’´? Do you think Miller is totally against the concept? Or just what it had become in his time? “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.” Mahatma Gandhi ‘The social‚ economical and educational equal rights for all citizens’. The previous line summarizes

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    paly "the Crucible" by Arthur Miller‚ one of the main character choose death over confession to witchcraft John Proctor is a man who has big exaptation for himself and other morally Proctor ‚ willing to risk it all for his goal and‚ not let their name go to ruined. John Proctor want to win the court case for his wife and his friend wives. Right now‚ John Proctor is in the hot seat at the court. In act 3 line 621 he started to say "Peace‚ Gile‚ we’ll prove it all now"(Miller). When Proctor says this

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    unfaithful husband. He also feels compassion towards his wife when she was taken away. Line 990-992 “My wife will never die for me! I will bring your guts into your mouth but that goodness will not die for me!” In “The Crucible” Arthur Miller portrays John as an honest man‚ thus hiding his true sinner ways in his actions‚ feelings and sayings. John said numerous of things most of which get him

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    How inflation affect the common man? In: Inflation [Edit categories] The Economist MagazineEconomistSubscriptions.com Get a World view Every Week. 12 Issues for Rs. 500 only! Ads Answer: Inflation is the overall increase in cost of products and services. Increase in taxes and fees leads to inflation. Inflation also generally causes due to scarcity. When the cost of business increases‚ the prices of the products increases and this abrupt increase‚ the income rate supposedly goes down. These

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    Arthur miller‚edgar allan poe these two american writers are very passionate about what they do and what they say they have alot of work that is very good. something about arthur miller he says “whoever is writing in the united states is using the american dream as a ironical pole of his story. edgar allan poe was very famouse for his peoms and his tales of horror and mystery one stories is “raven’ and ‘the fall of the house of usher’ not only are those the best but mostely misterys and adgars

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    The Crucible is undoubtedly one of the most interesting plays that has been written‚ and it is not that way only because of its creative story tale‚ but also because of the ideas that were conveyed through some of the characters. Arthur Miller wrote the play during the communist era and used the campaign of McCarthyism as the base of the story. In this period of Miller’s life‚ he was brought to court and had to confess to being a communist. While being held on trial‚ he confessed about himself but

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    In this essay I will be talking about who I think the most despicable character is and what the larger message or theme that Miller is sending through the character. In The Crucible I believe that Abigail is the most despicable character. From the very beginning of the story Abigail was lying to Parris about what the girls were doing in the woods. Her lying in the beginning wasn’t setting herself up to be a very good person. Abigail then tells Hale that she has compacted with the Devil‚ but

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