Elizabeth’s Character – Good or Bad? Just like many puritan women‚ Elizabeth Proctor is reserved‚ slow to complain‚ and dutiful. Elizabeth’s moral character proves to be an important factor all through the book. She gives people in the play and people today the example on how to treat others when she said‚ "I have sins of my own to count" (Miller 137). People can’t go around judging others and not check themselves and be rightly so to judge. Before she knew of this she said‚ "I have read my heart"
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set fine aside on a technicality 8) William Jennings Bryan- an ardent Presbyterian Fundamentalist; joined the prosecution against John Scopes in the "Monkey Trial" of 1925; took the stand as an expert on the Bible‚ he was made to appear foolish by criminal lawyer Clarence Darrow; five days after trial‚ he died of a stroke‚ probably from heat and stress 9) Clarence Darrow- famed criminal lawyer; worked in "Monkey Trial"; made William Jennings Bryan appear foolish 10) Andrew Mellon- Treasury
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To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 16 Page 208 Chapter 16’s setting started at the Finch’s house when Scout‚ Jem and Dill arrived home after their downtown adventure to spy on Atticus. When they get home Scout starts to rehash the night’s events and when she finally put everything together and starts to cry. Jem hearing this comes to console her while actually being caring and nice for a change. This action of Jem’s shows a theme of maturity and how Jem is learning to put his feelings aside to console
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taken to jail where he waited for a trial to be held. Clarence Darrow would later represent him in the trial against William Jennings Bryan on the prosecution. Inherit the Wind uses the Scopes Trial as a basis for the play by comparing the views of fundamentalists and evolutionists. In the play‚ the fundamentalists include the townspeople‚ Matthew Harrison Brady (William Jennings Bryan)‚ and Reverend Brown. They represent the “backwards” ways of the town of Hillsboro where the play takes place. The evolutionists
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AP U.S. 1/28/14 DBQ Between 1875 and 1900‚ there were organized labor forces popping up left and right‚ and the purpose of all of them was to improve the common workers position. However‚ few of these unions managed to bring much of a positive change. At the time‚ the three most influential labor forces were the Knights of Labor‚ who fell from power before they could bring much change‚ the American Federation of Labor‚ who didn’t fare any better‚ and the Populist party‚ who could be seen as the
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The Tale of Elizabeth Trail In a land not too far away from here‚ there was a small village called Trailton‚ more known as the lone cavern. There was a reason why this place was called the LONE cavern‚ for people believed there was the spirit of Elizabeth Trail guarding the borders of the quiet town‚ keeping the town safe from any intruders. The people of Trailton believed that if there is an unknown man or woman that enters the village‚ Elizabeth’s spirit would overcome them and leave the trespassers
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and fighter for civil rights. He said “I am an agnostic as to the question of God; I think that it is impossible for the human mind to believe in an object or thing unless it can form a mental picture of such object or thing.” (Agnostic 1) William Jennings Bryan was the one fighting against Clarence Darrow in this trial. William was a three time Democratic candidate for president and a populist‚ who also led a Fundamentalist to banish Darwin’s theory of evolution from Americans classrooms. There
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Elizabeth Bishop The Fish Elizabeth Bishop’s "The Fish" deals with the contact of a fisher with his just caught victim. It’s about the feeling of private triumph and moreover the pity and respect for others. The poem which is told the reader by a first person narrator starts with the fact that the fisher just caught the fish without having to struggle. It wasn’t hard for him to catch the fish because he didn’t make an effort to escape. The fish which he is holding beside the boat
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dehumanized in the factories. When Dorothy first encounters the Tin Man‚ he is rusted and unable to move. This is thought to represent the unemployment faced by many industrial workers during the economic crisis. The Cowardly Lion portrays William Jennings Bryan. Although Bryan was known for his powerful rhetoric‚ however much like the Lion‚ he was never able to follow through with what he supported. His critics accused him of
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removed from the Populists and would have been less likely to adopt their positions. The Populist vote‚ cast as a bloc‚ could have altered the outcome of the 1892 election. This is a point the Democrats noted in the national convention of 1896. 8. How did William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech prove to be both a strength and a weakness of
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