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    Crucible

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    Name: Milon Makhmud ID: 072124118 Course: SES213 Professor: Peter Austin Due Date: Feb 22/2013 THE TRAGEDY OF LUST The tragedy of lust In the play Anne Pedersdotter the author describes the Middle Ages period where the witchcraft is severely punished by inquisition and there is belief that the evil forces in the face of Satan and his powers are present. The play presents a very exciting and tragic fate of the priest Absalon who is widower and takes young beautiful woman

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    fear motivation

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    says “If you motivate people by fear‚ they will do just enough to get by and not get fired. This is the saddest of all motivational factors. Fear of rejection‚ fear of loss of respect‚ loss of money and country club status. It’s related to the above motivations‚ but from a different perspective. People who are motivated by fear are motivated from a position of having made it and are afraid of losing it. Its real difference is in its motivational power. Fear can be a strong motivator. . It’s

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    The Fear of the Unknown

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    The Fear of The Unknown The short stories of Ben Loory‚ Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day‚ exhibit numerous postmodern qualities through literary context‚ language and themes. One of these reoccurring themes within the collection is the concept of fear of the unknown. Three stories exemplary of this theme are “The Magic Pig‚” “The Fish in the Teapot‚” and “The Snake in the Throat.” In every one of these stories chosen there is an appearance of an object. One character is tortured by the

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    Fear and Anxiety

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    Phobia comes from the Greek word ‘phóbos’ meaning morbid fear (wikipedia). But what exactly is a phobia? The direct denotation of a phobia is “a persistent‚ irrational fear of a specific object‚ activity‚ or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it” (dictionary). A phobia falls under the category of an anxiety disorder. An anxiety disorder is often “a harmful chronic condition‚ which can be present from an early age or begin suddenly after a triggering event. They are prone to flare

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    The Crucible tells of a liberal fictionalization in the eyes of Arthur Miller that shows the activities that occurred during the Salem Witch Hunts. This play was written during a time in which citizens of the Unites Staes feared a rise of power in the Soviet Union. The main themes were reputation‚ fear‚ and reprisal. These themes are shown throughout the dialogue and monologue. This play teaches of the fear and vengefulness of the Puritans A good reputation was what every Puritan wanted. This way

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    God In The Crucible

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    The most important word in The Crucible is God because the word is used to defend and prosecute others and has an ironic meaning throughout the play. The word God is more important than other words because God is used to defend and prosecute others. To the villagers‚ all of their actions are judged by God and all sins are irredeemable. Although this is a large burden‚ it also holds the community together and prevents any form of disunity. However at the start of the story‚ this community begins

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    Emotion and Fear

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    Fear Fear is a common human emotion that everybody experiences at least once in their life. Fear works like an instinct and can actually be helpful because it gives signal that you should be careful and alert. However‚ humans respond to fear with different types of physical signs such as sweating‚ shaking‚ and increased heartbeat. I have felt this emotion multiple times when I was in my public speaking class as a sophomore. In the book Native Son fear controls one of the characters and it leads

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    The Crucible

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    Quote #1 The parochial snobbery of these people was partly responsible for their failure to convert the Indians. Probably they also preferred to take land from heathens rather than from fellow Christians. At any rate‚ very few Indians were converted‚ and the Salem folk believed that the virgin forest was the Devil’s last preserve‚ his home base and the citadel of his final stand. To the best of their knowledge the American forest was the last place on earth that was not paying homage to God. (I

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    The Crucible

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    Lauren Macfarlane Cesar Chavez Project Cesar Chavez 1st slide: (Title): Cesar Chavez 2nd slide: Picture of Cesar Chavez 3nd slide: Cesar Chavez’s Early Life 4th slide: Cesar Estrada Chavez was born on March 31‚ 1927 in San Luis‚ Arizona. His family had lived there ever since his grandfather immigrated from Mexico. 5th slide: Chavez’s parents Librado and Juana Chavez owned a ranch which was lost when Cesar was 10 years old during the Great Depression. The family was forced to leave and

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    the crucible

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    Abigail lies throughout the entire play. She has Tituba cast a spell to kill Elizabeth but in order to avoid detection of this she lies saying she saw all these people with the devil; "I saw Sarah Good with the devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil!" She also states before these lies "I want to open myself!" The word ’open’ means ’entirely honest; Ironically‚ nothing thatshe says is actually truthful. She lies in court by pretending she see’s things that aren’t actually there in hope to get others

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