The character of John Procter in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible was a great example of a truly tragic hero. He measured up to every one of Aristotle’s requirements. He was not a perfect person because he had many faults and was not completely good or bad. Best of all‚ he knew that he was not perfect and he recognized and regretted the errors that he made throughout his life. Then‚ after the reader stays with Procter while he confessed all of his horrible sins for the whole town to hear‚ he had
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Medeles 1 Josh Medeles Professor Musgrave History 130 11/21/14 Augustine Paper The Confessions is an autobiography of a spiritual character and it covers 35 years of St. Augustine’s life. It describes in detail his spiritual development and conversion to Christianity. This work is rather controversial and leaves many questionable thoughts on religion and philosophy after the reading. It is full of the religious debates over the topic of human pleasure. An attentive reader may face a question: did
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The Journey of Dante Dante records journey through hell in the book "The Inferno." Dante’s poem records is thoughts and views of the punishments to get to hell and the sins accomplished to get their. Dante breaks down the lay out all the way through hell and give one an idea of the order that the punishments fall to be placed closer to the center of hell. Dante begins during the era of the middle Ages and shows the reader throughout poem of the dominance of the Roman Catholic Church through the
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Old Cotter’s comments keep the boy awake‚ who is angry that old Cotter has called him a child‚ he thinks about Father Flynn‚ his paralyzed face and moist lips and he dreams of Father Flynn smiling and confessing something to him. moving as if in confession. The following day‚ he goes to the house where he used to visit Father Flynn bringing him‚ on occasion‚ snuffing tobacco from his aunt‚ High Toast snuff‚ and Father Flynn would teach him things‚ such as Latin pronunciation and the parts of the Mass
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Edmond Dantes’ life started to become everything that he wanted it to be. He was loved by a beautiful woman‚ named Mercedes‚ to whom he was to be married. He as well became captain of a ship named The Pharaon‚ owned by Morrel and Son. Dantes also had many people in his life that he considered his friends. Gaspard Caderousse was Dantes’ neighbor and friend. Fernand Mondego was Dantes’ close friend and friend of Mercedes. Baron Danglars was Dantes’ fellow crew member on the Pharaon and became
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would not hesitate. But‚ because it’s Abigail‚ John feels he has to think harder on making a decision. He doesn’t want his name spoiled by a counter-testimony. John feels he is now justified in becoming angry because for the seven months since his confession‚ he has done nothing but try to please his wife‚ and she still approaches him with suspicion and accusations. Proctor feels that she will "forget nothin’ and forgive nothin’." Elizabeth argues back that he then shouldn’t do anything to make her
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Fear stimulates a plethora characters within the play. A few of the characters within the play whose judgments are influenced by fear are John Proctor‚ Abigail Williams‚ and Mary Warren. Fear is a major driving force for the characters. It forces the characters to act upon emotions rather than logical thinking. Franklin Delano Roosevelt the 32nd President of the United States said “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” in his inauguration on March 4‚ 1933. John Proctor is a well-respected
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It’s here in a student’s journal‚ a blue confession in smudged‚ erasable ink: “I can’t stop hoping I’ll wake up‚ suddenly beautiful‚” and isn’t it strange how we want it‚ despite all we know? To be at last the girl in the photography‚ cobalt-eyed‚ hair puddling like cognac‚ or the one stretched at the ocean’s edge‚ curved and light-drenched‚ more like a beach than the beach. I confess I have longed to stalk runways‚ leggy‚ otherworldly as a mantis‚ to balance a head like a Fabergé
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guy. Butler gets interviewed by an intimidating police officer‚ Michael Glover‚ son of Sheriff of Jacksonville. Detective Glover took Butler deep into the woods allegedly to find the murder weapon but instead he hit him a couple of times to get a confession. Later‚ the case came into the hands of a lawyer‚ Patrick McGuinness. McGuinness investigated with another lawyer‚ Ann Finnell. On his meeting with his client‚ Butler confessed to him that he was innocent and was forced to confess murdering the
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In “The Inferno‚” by John Ciardi‚ the protagonist‚ Dante is about to enter a place of great suffering. Dante believes that God is the architect of Hell‚ and that Hell is the product of divine omnipotence‚ primordial love‚ and ultimate intellect. Throughout the Cantos‚ one can see how Dante’s picture of Hell does reflect the gate’s description of God’s sacred justice. “I am the way into the city of woe. I am the way to a forsaken people. I am the way into eternal sorrow” (Canto 3‚ Line 1-3). In
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