Samuel Slater Samuel Slater was born in Belper‚ Derbyshire‚ England on June 9‚ 1768. He became involved in the textile industry at the age 14. Samuel Slater worked in the industry for 8 years‚ which is why he is an English-American industrialist. Mr. Slater is known as the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution”‚ a phrase brought up by Andrew Jackson. He also was known as “Father of the American Factory System” and “Slater the Traitor” (In the UK) because he brought the British textile
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to the individuals who provide nothing but benefit for society. John Proctor‚ a character in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ can be classified as one of these people. As the proverbial Christ figure‚ Proctor embodies a being that exhibits a multitude of characteristics including the confrontation of the evil in society‚ temptation towards evil‚ and conjointly‚ often being persecuted and made to suffer by his community. John Proctor indubitably is a paragon of such a being as is illustrated in Miller’s
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human values” (Gary King). Gary King‚ professor at Harvard University‚ emphasizes that truth and honesty are an engrained values of human kind. These values are practiced by John Proctor and John Reverend Hale in The Crucible‚ and by Angela and Sister Gaudentia in article - It’s 2013‚ And They’re Burning ‘Witches’. John Proctor and Angela do not confess and be honest and truthful. Mr. Hale and Sister Gaudentia help the innocent‚ accused people against society and they believe that as their responsibility
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Labor leader and advocate of legislative labor reform‚ Samuel Gompers was globally recognized for being a cornerstone in the sustaining legacy that is the American Federation of Labor. Gompers was born to a Jewish working class couple in London on the 27th of January in 1850. His childhood was short lived‚ for he was forced to mature early on. After only four years of receiving an elementary school education‚ Gompers was taken in and apprenticed to a shoemaker at the age of ten. He would quickly
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as a one-sided personality. Each person has multiple faces‚ multiple identities. Such is the case of John Proctor. Proctor is one of the key characters in Arthur Miller’s satirical play “The Crucible”. Set in 1692‚ the play is based on the true story of the Salem witch-hunt‚ described by Miller as “one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history”. Upon his first appearance‚ John Proctor is presented as a rational‚ honest man; however‚ it soon becomes apparent that great guilt lies beneath
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Over the many different series of events‚ John Proctor has changed the most. Throughout the play‚ John Proctor attempts to save his wife‚ his identity‚ and his land; while going through many difficult changes. John Proctor is a young farmer who is married to Elizabeth Proctor. He is well known and respected in the town. Some time in the past‚ before the play and movie‚ Proctor committed adultery with his servant‚ Abigail Williams. John Proctor has always felt bad for the mistake he had
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10/15/12 American Nation History Research Paper Samuel Colt Samuel Colt was born in Hartford Connecticut on July 19‚ 1814. His father Christopher Colt was a farmer who later moved his family to Connecticut after becoming a business man. His mother Sarah Colt had died from tuberculosis when Samuel was seven years old. His father had remarried two years later to Olivia Sargent. He had three sisters one that sadly died when she was just a child‚ the oldest of the three had died of
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Who is John Proctor? Is he is a hero‚ a villain‚ a conqueror? Some may think he is craven‚ but others may credit him with great fortitude. This brave man was one of many who died for what he believed in. Although many people tried to persuade him to do otherwise‚ he stood his ground and died an innocent man. John had many reasons for choosing what he did. At first he was going to confess to save his life and be with his family. When Danforth made him sign the paper so he could post it on the Church
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In Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ the protagonist John Proctor is a tough and sharp-tongued man who throughout the play made the audience feel enraged. Although Proctor creates chaos and captures the reader‚ he is an example of a traditional tragic hero. He uses his stubbornness to place himself in a hole‚ this leads to the truth to be unveiled and death for the common man. A traditional tragic hero can be perceived as one who makes an incorrect judgment and then results in his or her destruction
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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‚ he wants his friends not to get angry or upset
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