IB English Crucible Commentary by Kim Le Select 2/3 sequential pages of significant thematic and literary value Pages Chosen: 124‚125‚ 126 The crucible is a play written by American playwright‚ Arthur Miller and is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials‚ in the late 1600’s. In the final 3 pages of the novel (124-126)‚ Proctor (the protagonists) of the novel faces the prospect of a hanging unless he confesses to his alleged crimes of witchery. The passage is of high literary value‚ cleverly
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Michael McIntyre “Ian I’m on train” commentary Michael McIntyre is seen as camp‚ slightly oriental‚ straight guy with a family. His friendly bubbly persona appeals to the general public as many of his anecdotes are based on real life situations that he along with the general public have encountered. McIntyre’s persona and comic effect are enhanced by the visual acts he performs on stage‚ the use of his hands; facial expressions and tone of voice (prosodies) bring his anecdotes to life and allows
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“Life is short‚ have an affair” is the slogan for the website AshleyMadison‚ which is an extramarital dating site established in 2001. The business‚ AshleyMadison‚ connects married users to secretly have an affair through this social networking service and claims itself as “the most successful website for finding cheating partners”(Avid Dating Life Inc. ). The website has rapidly grown in popularity in the last couple years‚ reaching an anonymous user base of 16‚350‚000 people recently. However‚
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Talking to Strangers Online In recent years‚ the Internet has proved itself to be a niche of ever-growing clientele‚ offering its users a multitude of venues of entertainment‚ education and other beneficial uses; but other venues of mischief it provides as well. It has been a matter of public discord and a concern of parents and educationalists that millions of teen patrons are now ’online.’ A lot of them use the internet regularly‚ interacting with all sorts of content and technologies‚ and yet
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Comfort object A comfort object‚ transitional object‚ or security blanket is an item used to provide psychological comfort‚ especially in unusual or unique situations‚ or at bedtime for small children. Among toddlers‚ comfort objects may take the form of a blanket‚ a stuffed animal‚ or [1] a favorite toy‚ and may be referred to by (English-speaking) toddlers as blankey and lovey. Cuddly toys are sometimes carried in emergency vehicles and police patrol cars‚ to be given to children involved
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3.2. Comfort in public transport In the process of decision-making‚ two questions systematically arise to the user of public transport. The first is a five-level question‚ which assesses the service availability (TCQSM‚ 2013). These levels are as follows: • Spatial availability at the origin and spatial availability at destination: if the service is too far from the origin or the destination of travel‚ the transit option will not be maintained. For instance‚ the average walking distance to a bus
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Thermal comfort indices The calculations of the PMV (predicted mean vote) and PPD (predicted percent of dissatisfied people) were done by using the CBE Thermal Comfort Tool of the University of California Berkeley that has been proposed based on ASHRAE Standard 55-2013 (Tyler‚ et al.‚ 2017). The result obtained after calculating PMV index for (H1) is varies between 1.63 to 2.1with the mean value of 1.99‚ and the 80% satisfaction falls within the range of [-1.99< PMV< +1.99]. By equating to ASHRAE
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‘Frankenstein’ - Commentary The extract from ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a narrative of Victor Frankenstein‚ a scientist‚ who has created life from dead matter. He has made a promise to his creature that he would create another monster – a female – for his companionship. He has been working hard on this task alone in his laboratory. Victor contemplates the ramifications of his work on society. He fears that the new monster may become wicked and treacherous‚ maybe even worse
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well-known and documented within the 2001 independent film “Southern Comfort” is that over the next year‚ more than a dozen medical providers refused him treatment due to the fear of reputation harm caused by taking on the care of a transgender male. By the time the Medical College of Georgia Hospital accepted Eads for treatment in 1997‚ the cancer had metastasized to the uterus‚ cervix and other abdominal organs (Southern Comfort‚ 2001). Robert Eads died January 17‚ 1999 at the age of 53. Medical
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supposed to resemble the part in people’s life where they overcame a hardship‚ however they do not want to endure such a thing again so they try to forget what happened leaving the feelings trapped to a certain place. This bay is never visited by strangers because if they were to enter such an atmosphere it would bring back old memories that can cause pain‚ and so therefore it is avoided by everyone. No one wants to have to deal with things from the past‚ because it never does them any good‚ trying
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