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    Title: The Crucible Text Type: Play/movie Writer: Arthur Miller In the play “The Crucible” Arthur Miller brings out the theme of conflict between good and evil. Miller brings out this theme using the characters in the play. At the start of the play Abigail Williams and other village girls are found dancing and running naked in the woods and the town people sees them as good‚ not evil this is because the girls are deflecting their punishment for dancing by telling the

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    simply desperate to regain his young love‚ Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby has spent many years changing his life in order to win Daisy back‚ but when they finally meet again‚ “… Daisy tumbled short of his dreams” (Fitzgerald 95). Gatsby spent years building up an elaborate imagination of what he thought Daisy would be like when he finally met with her again. Not only does he spend many years thinking about her‚ he uses his time becoming the man he thinks Daisy wants. The way Gatsby changes his whole life

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    Since everything has a start‚ the greatest way to explain something‚ for the slightest extent of misunderstanding‚ is to start at the very beginning. My question for the history books‚ is where did swing music originate? Upon further research I came to the conclusion that the United States is a relatively young country‚ and I decided to extend my question to take in the influence the world has had on the development of swing music in the United States. Swing can reasonably be referred to as an international

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    lowest in life. For instance‚ when Linda is talking about Willy to her sons she says‚ “He works for a company thirty-six years this March‚ opens up unheard-of territories to their trademark‚ and now in his old age they take his salary away” (40). Here‚ Miller presents how Willy has worked at his company for a long time and use to do a great job when he was younger‚ but now that he is older he is not as popular. Therefore‚ he does not make as much money anymore‚ which caused the company to take his salary

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    Bibliography: 1. Reynolds‚ Sheri. The Rapture of Cannan. N.p.: n.p.‚ n.d. Print. 2. Miller‚ Arthur. The Crucible. N.p.: Penguin Classics‚ n.d. Print.

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    as if Mary is Satanically attacking her. The burst of courage from Mary is short lived as she suddenly turns on John the man trying to help her keep her dignity as he encourages her “Do that which is good to the‚ and no harm will come to thee.” (Miller 88). John is speechless as Mary joins in with Abigail and her friends‚ and begins pointing her finger at John claiming that she has seen him partake in the works of the

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    Does Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” effectively demonstrate the concept of what was going on the Red Scare? That is the question I am going to answer in this essay. I believe Arthur Miller draws these parallels perfectly. The Salem witch trials are the same thing as the Red Scare ‚ just in a different time period. This essay is going to draw the parallels to demonstrate how my above statement is correct. The first type of parallelism i saw in the comparison of The crucible and the Red Scare

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    basic human need Experienced through external forces (relationships‚ place‚ groups & communities) Can further be shaped by individual perceptions (values & beliefs) Some societies enforce strict rules for citizens to live by Crucible by Arthur Miller – set in 1692 with a theocratic government (church head of state) Danforth (state judge) – represents town law: Shows rigidity towards law when speaking to Francis – “a person is either with this court or he is to be counted against it.” Shows

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    Daisy Buchanan is Nicks cousin and is introduced to the story when Nick goes to her house for a visit. The house is a huge Georgian Colonial mansion situated in East Egg‚ overlooking the bay. She lives there with her husband‚ Tom‚ and her 3 month old daughter. It is clear from everything about them that they extremly rich and well off‚ but their money has made them arrogant. They feel that they‚ espically Tom‚ are better and more suprior than eveyone else and look down on and condesend to anyone

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    paranoia. Edward R. Murrow‚ the star of the movie “Good Night‚ and Good Luck”‚ is fighting against Senator Joseph McCarthy during the 1950’s phenomenon labeled “The Red Scare” in which McCarthy is accusing many Americans of being Communist. Arthur Miller shows this same sort of fight in his play “The Crucible”. The book deals with the Salem Witch Trials and their overwhelming affect on the town and on American society at that time. Miller’s characters John Proctor in “The Crucible” and Edward Murrow

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