drives the community of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible to the hangings of various innocent people. Reverend Parris highly regards his reputation more than standing up to a corrupt authority. Judge Danforth wrongly condemns and hangs townspeople‚ yet refuses to admit his faults. By contrast‚ John Proctor is an ashamed lecher and prioritizes saving his wife and saving the unjustly convicted people who are still alive with the truth. Throughout The Crucible‚ Miller utilizes corrupt male authority figures
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In the Crucible‚ John Proctor demonstrates that ambition will not corrupt even the most benevolent and reliant. John was ambitious to get his wife Elizabeth Proctor out of jail and for Abigail Williams to have justice for her crimes. Abigail was responsible for multiple deaths in salem all because she wanted John and had to disguise one lie after another to succeed. She did not vanquish‚ and after every lie she told more innocent people were accused and hanged. It all started with Abigail and
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Arthur Miller illustrates the collapse of Salem in 1692 with the corruption of its people. The break down of Salem is caused by jealousy‚ excessive pride‚ and greed of the town folk. The Christians of Salem slowly turn against one another‚ causing total hysteria. Jealousy causes individuals to falsely accuse their innocent neighbors. Abigail Williams is envious of John Proctor’s wife‚ Elizabeth‚ and accuses her of witchcraft in order to resume her illicit affair with the married man. She frames
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The corruption of power‚ or the power of corruption is a common theme found in texts of many different types of media and in many societies and cultures around the world. In the texts I have selected‚ I have come to the conclusion that‚ all characters in the pursuit of power are corrupt. In the texts I have selected‚ which include‚ The Crucible‚ The Godfather‚ Animal Farm and Akira‚ the portrayal of corruption is closely linked to that of power. How is corruption of power shown/represented in
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CORRUPTION Corruption is a feature of African‚ social‚ political and even religious life with disastrous consequences. It not only impedes economy development but also increases poverty by making a few individuals richer and many poorer. So corruption can be defined as making someone morally corrupt or becoming morally corrupt oneself. Forms of corruption Bribery-This is giving money or favors to someone who is in a position of trust‚ in order to prevent their judgments or corrupt their conduct
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Corruption in any form is treated as an incurable disease‚ a cause of many social and economical evils in the society and it damages the moral and ethical fibres of the civilization. Indisputably‚ it is correct that corruption breeds many evils in the society and once corruption starts taking place‚ slowly and gradually whole country passes through its net and it becomes after sometime an incurable disease. From the point of view of economic growth‚ there seems to be no clear cut correlation between
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CORRUPTION: The long and short of it The recent turn of events in our country point towards a mass awakening to the scar of corruption and deeply it has trickled down into the grass roots of each and every sphere of India. People‚ rather the masses‚ are waking up and smelling the coffee and taking law in their own hands by questioning the government about each and every step taken by them in the past few years. The motto seems to be “civil disobedience”‚ a far cry from the peaceful protests held
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insignificant issues are much able to challenge the continual process of governance. Among these issues poverty ‚unemployment‚ corruption ‚different kinds of bandhs‚ dharanas‚ terrorism‚ web activism ‚degradation of the environment can be cited as the major challenges that are enough to shatter the very structure of democratic governance in India. Corruption – a social malady- hold its strong grip over the every human activities ranging from cradle to grave. A recent survey gave the
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Introduction Corruption is defined by the World Bank and Transparency International (TI) as “the misuse of public office for private gain.”1 Though the defination is too narrow in meaning but Corruption is a global phenomenon. It articulates the whole system from primary to secondary level government and non-government officials. It is so involved in our social system that is today necessity to have it for development of low economic disables. The graveness of this menace can be observed from the
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widespread corruption for many years. For 2012‚ China was ranked 80th out of 178 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index‚ ranking below the most of developed countries. This severe problem has become the target of public criticism. The 2002 Mainland China national survey‚ a part of the Asian Barometer Survey I‚ indicated that almost half of people view corruption in government as a common and serious problem. Then what are the determinants of corruption? According
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