John Proctor. Honest‚ upright‚ and blunt-spoken‚ Proctor is a good man‚ but has a secret‚ fatal flaw. His lust for Abigail led to their affair‚ and created Abigail’s jealousy of his wife‚ Elizabeth‚ which sets the entire witch mess in motion. Once the trials begin‚ Proctor realizes that he can stop Abigail’s rampage through Salem but only if he confesses to his adultery. Such an admission would ruin his good name‚ and Proctor is a proud man who places great emphasis on his reputation. He eventually
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------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Elizabeth ’s Background Elizabeth I was born September 7‚ 1533 at Greenwich Palace. She was the second daughter of King Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn. Elizabeth ’s had an older half-sister Mary and a younger half-brother‚ Edward. Elizabeth had a remarkable intelligence from a very young age. She received an excellent education and learned many languages: Latin‚ Flemish
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1 NMIMS Management Review 2004‚ Vol 16 No 1 & 2‚ pp. 1-6. Impact of Gender and Transformational Leadership on Organizational Culture Shelly Kawatra and Venkat R. Krishnan Abstract. An experiment was conducted to study the impact of leader’s feminine traits and transformational leadership on organizational culture‚ using a sample of 109 MBA students from a leading management institute in India. A 2x2 design with four leadership scenarios—transformational feminine leader‚ transformational masculine
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In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ John Proctor is seen as a tragic hero because he is able to overcome his tragic flaw of hubris‚ but still the circumstances led to his death. A tragic hero is a person who has sacrificed their lives for a principle. It is shown in the play that ordinary people can be tragic heroes. They believed so passionately in an idea that they were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice‚ their lives‚ for it. There are four main aspects that represent a tragic hero
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Dear‚ Journal I can’t believe that awful‚ no good man‚ John Proctor. He had the nerve to pick that whining wife over me. I am far better than that low life Goody Proctor. We have vastly different traits; we are like day night. She is a naive‚ simple woman. I on the other hand‚ am an adventurer. I am smart‚ healthy‚ and certainly far from simple. Why‚ any man would be lucky to have me as their wife. Elizabeth is a old hag who should just disappear off our land. I am a beautiful‚ young‚ healthy woman
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The Consolidation of Elizabeth’s Rule‚ 1558-71 Succession and Settlement Legally a simple succession: defined by Henry VIII‚ Mary had named Elizabeth as her successor‚ Philip of Spain had recognised Elizabeth by sending his envoy‚ Count of Feria‚ to see Elizabeth a month before Mary’s death A key aim of Elizabeth’s was to retain the prerogative powers of the Crown: the rights to call‚ suspend and dissolve parliament; declare war and make peace; appoint and dismiss ministers and judges; determine
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Elizabeth Blackwell was the first female physician to earn a medical degree in the United States. The book The Excellent Doctor Blackwell: The Life of the First Woman Physician explains all the hardships Elizabeth faced through her journey to become a doctor. Elizabeth was a very strong woman who never gave up. Elizabeth Blackwell is famous for introducing the idea of women working in medicine‚ she grew up in a liberal household‚ was a force to be reckoned with‚ and she impacted how society thought
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men were. To some extent‚ this still exists today. Women don’t always receive equal pay for equal work as their male co-workers. That was true in the 1840’s when Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. That shows amounts of moral courage that many of us could never achieve. Elizabeth Blackwell was born on Feb. 3‚ 1821‚ in Bristol‚ England. She was the third of nine children born to Samuel and Hannah Blackwell. They were known to be considerate
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back stabbing which caused life in fear. Miller portrayed John Proctors character as kind with strong opinions and principles. He also looked hard working and although he was deeply religious he chose not to go to church regularly because he thought the "Minister was not suitable". John was definitely passionate in anything he believed in regardless of what others said or thought. Miller portrayed that Elizabeth Proctor’s character was cold‚ plain and was bored of life and that her entire life was
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my power to make her happy. Bailey was only five years old when he died of malnutrition. We were very poor and no matter how hard I worked‚ I was never able to provide enough for my family. I was ridden with guilt and I always felt responsible. Elizabeth never blamed me though‚ for anything. But I couldn’t show her that I‚ too‚ was hurting. I watched over her through nights when her nightmares caused her to wake up screaming‚ sweating‚ and crying in pain. I thought that with time she’d go back to
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