Comparative Essay: The Merchant of Venice and The Crucibles Everything we hear is an opinion‚ not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective‚ not the truth. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare and The Crucibles by Arthur Miller are very similar in a way‚ in which both ended poorly due to lies‚ rumours‚ and gossip spread among the characters throughout the two books. Through a close examination of The Merchant of Venice and The Crucibles‚ lies‚ gossip‚ and rumours played a major role
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entire story using dramatic irony. Despite Oedipus’s ignorance about who he is‚ Sophocles uses dramatic irony to let the readers know who Oedipus truly is and to hint at what all will take place throughout the entire story. Sophocles uses many different scenes throughout the play that portray dramatic irony. Although‚ the three most important are Oedipus’s curse towards himself‚ Oedipus’s insult to Tiresias‚ and the fortune-teller’s prophecy about Oedipus. The first act of dramatic irony is Oedipus’s
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emphasised by the number of “asides” Iago has throughout Othello such as when he is watching Othello and Desdemona together and says “O you are well tuned now! But I’ll set down the pegs that make this music‚ as honest as I am.” This is an example of the dramatic irony that is used throughout by Iago‚ as the audience knows of his plans to ruin Othello and Desdemona’s relationship but the other characters don’t‚ Shakespeare does this in order
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Crucible Passages 1. Page 11 Parris: “I saw Tituba waving her arms over the fire when I came on you. Why was she doing that? And I heard a screeching and gibberish coming from her mouth. She were swaying like a dumb beast over that fire!” 2. Page 15-16 Ann Putnam: “And so I thought to send her to your Tituba” Rev Parris: “To Tituba! What ma Tituba---?” Ann: “Tituba knows how to speak to the dead‚ Mr. Parris.” 3. Page 38 Ann Putnam: “Mr. Parris’s slave has knowledge of conjurin’‚ sir.” . . . Ann
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In The Crucible‚ many individuals and institutions face moral tests. Characters such as John and Elizabeth Proctor‚ along with Giles Corey‚ faced such tests. During the time of the trials‚ Giles Corey was called by the court to release names of those suspected of witchcraft. Rather than reveal the names of the people significantly he was pressed to death and took the names of the people to his grave. As the claims of witchcraft troubled the town‚ John had hopes of ending the problem by revealing
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William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ dramatic irony‚ suspense‚ and tragedy are the main literary terms that contribute to making this play so comical. I really liked the dramatic irony‚ because it has its own kind of comedy. This play also teaches people many different things such suspense and tragedy. It is a very suspenseful because people are waiting to see how the people die. The tragedy is also horrible but in a sick demented way kind of funny. Dramatic irony caught my attention in the way
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Honors English-10 19 October 2012 The Crucible Analysis Throughout The Crucible‚ the main character‚ John Proctor‚ had an internal change due to events and people in the story. Proctor was influenced by the Salem witch trials and the people involved in it. He learned lessons along the way and learned to stay true and honest to who he is. Proctor committed adultery with a girl named Abigail and felt terribly guilty. At first Proctor continued to fall into his guilt by lying and not moving
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Dramatic irony is a literary technique that occurs when an event happens in the story that the audience understands‚ but the story’s characters cannot grasp. William Shakespeare uses this device throughout a numerous amount of his plays‚ whether it be a comedy or tragedy. This particular element‚ in Shakespearian tragedies‚ is used in order to add a tragic element of not knowing to the story. It is also used to engage the audience and to help reveal the tragic flaw that evidently leads to the hero’s
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Dramatic Irony In Hamlet ; act II‚ scene I of the play; Hamlet finds out that his father was murdered by his own brother. Rather than him dying from a snake bit‚ that everyone else knows of. Hamlet had decided to act crazy and tell no one about what his father told him. His father told him that he wasn’t bite by a snake; Hamlets‚ fathers; brother put poison in his ear and killed him.After his fathers’ death‚ Hamlet didn’t know how to control his emotions. Anguished‚ he laments his father’s death
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The Crucible- Act 1 Page 913 (1a-5b) 1a. The key to maintaining a safe and orderly society was to go to church and stay on the path of God. The government they established was Puritan Theocracy. 1b. The community’s structure and philosophies led to its falling apart because 2a. Reverend Paris is trying to figure out what happened the night in the woods and wants to know if Tituba was talking to the devil and performing witchcraft. Abigail immediately responds saying that no one was performing
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