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    ’The Crucible’ is a play written by Arthur Miller in which he demonstrates the familiarities of the life he lived in the nineteen-fifties. He communicates through his work to the way people are in his society and what people were like in the seventeenth century. However‚ ’To Kill a Mockingbird’ is a prose‚ written by Harper Lee in the nineteen-sixties in which she illustrates‚ how racism was acceptable‚ and injustice was a problem in which everyone faced in the nineteen-thirties. Both of these literally

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    LEARNING SPOKEN ENGLISH . . . in half the time by Lynn Lundquist Learning Spoken English ...in half the time by Lynn Lundquist Publisher information Public Domain. This book (Learning Spoken English) may be freely published in English or translated into any other language. It may be sold or distributed in any manner (including website publication) without permission from‚ or royalty payments to‚ the original author. It may carry any publisher’s‚ translator’s‚ or author’s name and

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    important themes in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is the nature of authority and people who abuse it. In the story‚ authority is determined by the religious status one has in the community and often education plays a role. Nowadays‚ authority is noted by the place you have in society and is also based on education and sometimes wealth. It seems that whenever there is a figure of authority‚ there is always someone abusing the power designated to them. Back in the Puritan times‚ religious leaders like

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    Does power or authority make order? Thomas Hobbes‚ in writing the Leviathan‚ proposes an answer to the question. However‚ there must first be a definition of the terms powerauthority‚ and order. Hobbes classifies power in two categories: natural powers‚ which are basic powers of the body and mind such as physical strength and prudence‚ and instrumental powers‚ which are powers that are means and instruments to acquire more powers such as riches‚ reputation‚ and friends. These powers‚ together‚

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    11/9/2014 Mary Cooper Lit 101 Language is a way for every person to express themselves. In Sandra Cisneros’ “An Offering to the Power of Language”‚ she teaches the reader how the language you were born speaking holds a certain power to you. She writes about how important certain words can be to a person‚ and how they have connotations that can either be positive or negative. These words can have even more power to a person if they can’t be translated into another language. I believe that Cisneros has

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    Language and power 1 Power is gained in many ways throughout the text. Text I has been written‚ primarily‚ to persuade an audience to share their (bwag) views on the new Sainsburys being built in their “medieval heritage” town of Bishops Waltham‚ therefore it is aimed at residents of the town who are old enough to write a valid letter of complaint – age 18-70. Firstly‚ imperatives are used to be assertive right from the beginning of the text. The word “write” in “write a letter today” immediately

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    How was power and authority shown in Churchill’s speech? Winston Churchill’s speech ‘we shall fight them on the beaches’ is one of the defining speeches during the second world war. Power and authority is shown in several ways. Churchill’s speech is confident. He is trying to motivate the British people. Within the speech there are several persuasive techniques used making the speech powerful. Churchill uses repetition‚ not volume. He builds and expands on his theme of "We shall" to

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    Explore the ways that John Steinbeck presents strong feelings/attitudes in Of Mice And Men. A strong attitude portrayed in the novel is Racism. John Steinbeck uses the character Crooks in order to represent racism and what it was like for the black community during the Great Depression. The ranchmen and Curley’s wife all display racist attitudes towards Crooks‚ for example in chapter four Curley’s Wife says "Well you just keep your place then‚ Nigger. I could get you strung

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    In Fahrenheit 451‚ written by Ray Bradbury‚ authority is viewed as ruthless and the individual is portrayed as innocent. This is also emphasised in two related texts‚ Whose Life Is It Anyway? By Brian Clark‚ and Shawshank Redemption‚ directed by Frank Darabont. The themes of ruthlessness and innocence are exemplified throughout all three texts‚ through the concept of the authority and the individual. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451‚ authority is depicted as ruthless. This is shown throughout the

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    Power can be demonstrated in many wayspower can be used over someone mentally but also physically. Vermeer from “A girl with a pearl earring” had both types of power over Griet. In the book you find out how Vermeer got what he wanted from Griet through power and how Griet gradually becoming more than a maid. She goes from being a maid to an assistant to Vermeer subject. Vermeer being Griet’s master made him automatically have power over how ‚ his paintings was another source of power also his impact

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