A legitimate cause for the accusations may result from a mental disorder. In the article The Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A Commentary‚ it is acknowledged that‚ “The cause of her symptoms may have been some combination of stress‚ asthma‚ guilt‚ boredom‚ child abuse‚ epilepsy‚ and delusional psychosis” (Linder). Many of the possible symptoms may have caused the outbreak‚ yet delusional psychosis is more sensible. The form of a mental disorder causing the symptoms is a probable cause. The people of
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witch trials in his famous play‚ The Crucible‚ in the early 1950’s. The Salem witch trials took place in the late 1600’s in the Province of Massachusetts Bay‚ about 260 years prior to when he wrote it. Arthur Miller uses his play to make social commentary about the events that were occurring in the era in which he lived in. In the late 1940’s and early 1950’s‚ the hysteria over the sense of communism became known as the Red Scare as the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the U.S. escalated. Communism
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Near Earth Objects: Too Close for Comfort Mankind is fifty years into the space age and we have made many strides in increasing technology and insuring the safety of the human race. Satellites and probes have provided valuable information in many fields such as exploration of other planets‚ GPS systems‚ and global communication. Recently NASA has explored the topic of near-earth objects and they are currently trying to track down potential life threatening asteroids. Scientist’s inability to
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The Shepherd of Hermas: A Commentary. Hermeneia‚ ed. Helmut Koester. Minneapolis: Fortress‚ 1999. Peterson‚ Robert A. “Apostasy.” Presbyterion 19‚ no. 1 (1993): 17-31. Peterson‚ Robert A. “Apostasy in the Hebrews Warning Passages.” Presbyterion 34‚ no. 1 (2008): 27-44. Reiling‚
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As Leon Battista Alberti once said‚ “Painting is possessed of divine powered‚ for not only does it make the absent present‚ but also makes the dead almost alive”. This seems to summarize the central theme of William Butler Yeats’ poem‚ “Sailing to Byzantium” that through human imagination‚ nature and its raw materials are transformed into something that will withstand the test of time. Through the use of Yeats’ clusters of images‚ paradoxes‚ and syntax‚ this theme of endurance over time is emphasized
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Text Commentary of the Declaration of Independence ‘THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES’ (July4‚ 1776) This is a text commentary about ‘The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America’. The Declaration of Independence is a juridical and legal document written sometime between June 11 and June 28‚ 1776. The reason for that lapse of time is because a draft of the declaration was asked to a group of five delegates of the Continental Congress on June 11‚
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A) My primary source is Commentarii de Bello Gallico (Commentaries on the Gallic Wars). This primary source is a series of eight books‚ looking at firsthand account of the Gallic Wars‚ written in a first and third-person narrative. The eighth of these books was written after Caesar’s death by Aulus Hirtius. The search for this primary source was short and sweet due to it being one of the first things to pop up when I Googled “Primary source of the Roman Gallic Wars”. B) In the first book‚ Caesar
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Commentary – King Lear Carlos Eduardo Moliterno The importance of Act V Scene iii lies on the theme Love and Duty – the guide to conscious. In this scene the play is already coming to an end‚ and the plot is finally getting to a closure. The quote “The wheel is come full circle; I am here.” on Act V Scene iii Line 211 summarizes the play and allows the audience to understand all of the character’s life throughout Shakespeare’s‚ King Lear. All of the characters in the play follow “the wheel”
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Oedipus Commentary: Corruption of Power Power‚ in the right hands can be a very rewarding thing. But when given to the wrong person‚ that power can blind one’s judgment. In Oedipus pages 15 to 16‚ Sophocles portrays this exploitation of power and authority through the use of characterization‚ diction associated with death‚ and dramatic irony. Through the use of characterization‚ Sophocles is able to mold Oedipus’ character into Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero. Oedipus is a very admirable
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On the 7th of November 2012 Barack Obama delivered his presidential victory speech in his hometown of Chicago. This is a critical commentary of that speech. Barack’s aim apart from thanking voters was to deliver the message that through working together‚ they could drive America forward. The mood was more subdued than the jubilant one of 2008 which carried a similar message of unity. The uplifting tone present four years earlier whilst not replaced‚ was just a little more sombre. It could be argued
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