in a contrast esaay u need to rite an intro and u also need to compare so u shd and MUST mention they both has so much pride and the actions taken in their lives mean that they are both destined to die. in oedipud each character tries their best to prevent Oedipus’ downfall - the oracle at delphi is mocked‚ jocasta and laius kill their son to prevent his son killing him one day and marrying his own mother. is this the same as death of a salesman? do they try their hardest to prevent the outcomes
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Integrity is achieved through the gaining of wisdom; the gaining of wisdom is a direct result of failure. Arthur Miller wrote the moralizing drama‚ The Crucible‚ in this play the main character John Proctor was wrongly accused of witchcraft and served the death penalty along with two others. The story of John Proctor was indirectly summarized by the American author William Saroyan when he said‚ "Good people...are good because they ’ve come to wisdom through failure‚" meaning that a person willing to sacrifice
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Notably‚ in colonizing the New World‚ Captain John Smith and William Bradford were both significant figures. They both established colonies and through their writings‚ they hoped to attract more settlers that were relatable to them. Smith was the first man to endorse a permanent settlement of America. Bradford was a Puritan who was brave and firm on setting up a colony where people could practice their preferred religion freely. Both of these men shared similarities and differences with
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John Proctor‚ A True Man of God? The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play based on the Salem Witch Trials. The people behind the Trials‚ the Puritans‚ were used as the characters in this work‚ and one of them‚ as well as their partly fabricated background‚ struck me in particular. John Proctor was an average Puritan man‚ decent amount of land‚ livestock‚ and Christian. John Proctors‚ entry into the story starts with his wife‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ being accused of witchcraft by Abigail Williams‚
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The Crucible Character Analysis (John Proctor) Imagine living a life of paranoia‚ in which you cannot even walk out of the front door without having to peer over your shoulder‚ wondering if or when you will be struck by an inevitable plague. In 1692‚ this mere situation was a horrendous reality for the people of Salem‚ Massachusetts in The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller. This plague‚ created by one’s burning desire to seek vengeance upon a man through the means of witchcraft‚ resulted in a tragic
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John Proctor‚ one of the main characters in The Crucible‚ is remorseful‚ candid‚ and industrious. Arthur Miller created John Proctor to be a likeable character. He is a flawed character who tries to make what he did wrong‚ right. Even though John and Elizabeth Proctor are still having a hard time dealing with his mistake‚ the reader can still recognize that he is a personable man. There is always something that will be in the back of John Proctors mind throughout his life. He had an affair with
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Compare and Contrast Caring for and preserving the environment is an issue that gains interest daily. In the essays “How to Poison the Earth” by Linnea Saukko and “Chronicles of Ice” by Gretel Ehrlich both authors make excellent points about how to save and conserve the planet Earth. Ehrlich and Saukko go about making these points in two completely different ways though although they do have their similarities. Saukko uses a more sarcastic and ironic way to prove her point while Ehrlich uses a more
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Compare and Contrast of Himala: The Musical and Pan’s Labyrinth The stage performers acted professionally as the actors and actresses in the movie. Yet‚ compared to the movie‚ the projection of some actions in the theatre were exaggerated than in the film. The music and songs sung by the actors and actresses were suitable to the scenes they were in. The melody and rhythm of each song played depends on the mood of the scene just like in the film. The musical and the film portrayed different moods
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Compare and Contrast The baker in “A Small Good Thing” by Raymond Carver caught my attention from the beginning of the story. He was abrupt with Ann‚ but it felt like there were reasons that would be explained soon why he was this way. The initial impression I got from him wasn’t likeable but as I got further into the story‚ there was a spark of compassion in this man that I could relate to. The bakers harassing tendencies and social isolation as a person are not traits I exhibit‚ where as his strong
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John Proctor clearly fits the definition of a tragic hero‚ for many reasons. A tragic hero is a man of high position and John proves to be a man in high position in page 20 in the second paragraph‚ which states “Proctor‚ respected and even feared in Salem‚”. That line proves that he is respected and feared by some of the people in Salem. A tragic hero also has a flaw that is revealed and Proctor’s flaw is that he is a sinner in the eyes of the people in Salem. I know that fact because in the crucible
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