television dramas. In fact it was an important factor in history‚ specifically in the Salem witch trials. When The Crucible was written‚ rumors put a spin on the author’s ‚ Arthur Miller‚ own life. Gossip and scandals still play into our daily lives‚ now more than ever‚ with the media craze. Ever wonder what fueled the gruesome and unnecessary witch trials in Salem? Well‚ in The Crucible it all began with girls dancing in the forest and the irrational opinions of what the meant back then. To the people
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Discuss the way Shakespeare develops the character of Iago in Act 1 Scene 3 and Act 3 Scene 3. What dramatic impact do the soliloquies have on the play? Othello is a tragedy written by Shakespeare in 1602. The main character‚ Othello is a popular general in the town of Venice. He falls for the young Desdemona and all goes well for a while‚ until Othello promotes Cassio instead of Iago. This causes Iago to become jealous and he plots a malicious plan to make Othello unhappy. He manipulates
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21st century is Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible." Miller brilliantly comments on human morals‚ authority‚ and mass hysteria. He parallels the events of Salem in 1600’s to the blacklisting and the discrimination against those who were labeled as a "communist" in America during the 1950’s. He proficiently shows how mass hysteria could sweep an entire community like a tsunami and erase all logical thought and rationality. Especially in the "yellow bird" scene during Act III‚ he portrays how mass hysteria
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Paragraph 2 (Body) * Reverend Hale‚ example of pride. Provide a quote‚ page number‚ and explanation. * Result of his pride. Provide another quote from the play‚ page number‚ and explanation. * Conclusion (was his pride justified?)Paragraph 3 (Body) * Elizabeth Proctor‚ example of pride. Provide a quote‚ page number‚ and explanation. * Result of her pride. Provide another quote from the play‚ page number‚ and explanation. * Conclusion (was her pride justified?)Paragraph 4 (Body)
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Macbeth Assignment‚ Act III “As the weird women promised: and I fear‚ Thou play’dst most foully for’t; yet it was said. It should not stand in thy posterity‚/but that myself should be the root and father/Of many Kings.” -Banquo‚ Act 3‚ Scene 1 These lines are very important to the story of Macbeth‚ because it shows that Banquo is finally figuring out that Macbeth may have done something terrible to become king. The witches claimed Macbeth would first be Thane of Cawdor‚ then Thane of Glamis
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Tituba: "Scenes Of Schizophrenic‚ Ego Centric‚ Paranoiac‚ Prima Donnas" The times of the witch trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts were tough and cruel. Arthur Miller makes this very clear in his play based on true events‚ "The Crucible" (1952). Though Miller fictionalized many things in his play‚ it was indeed based on true events. There have been many documentaries‚ stories‚ films‚ and reports written about the Salem witch trials‚ some of them support the thought that the Devil was truly loose in
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Plot: Act III‚ Scene I starts off with Claudius‚ Gertrude‚ Polonius‚ Ophelia‚ Rosencrantz‚ Guildenstern coming on stage. Claudius and Gertrude converse with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about the cause of Hamlet’s lunacy. When Claudius questions Rosencrantz and Guildenstern‚ they tell the King and the Queen that they have not been able to determine the cause of his lunacy. King asks if they tried to cheer him up and they answer by saying that the players cheered him up. Polonius encourages both to
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killed my father!" “Stop her!” Cheever now calls to Abigail. CHEEVER: "Abigail‚ is he telling the truth?" ABIGAIL: "This man is nothing more than the son of a bottom feeder‚ he speaks nothing but lies." Hearing this‚ James gets angry and breaks free of Cheever’s hands and throws Abigail to the ground. He raises his knife at her throat. JAMES: Cuts Abigail’s throat "You killed my father!” ELIZEBETH: “What have you done my son?”
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understand their representation in a comic way. Some of these features have been known to have inspired Molière’s construction of the plot and characters such as Clever talking Dorine shedding light on the truth. In that way‚ Dorine almost acts as a comedic dramatic tool to highlight the truths and themes of the play. This is particularly evident in her dialogue towards Madame Pernelle‚ ‘Il passe pour un saint dans votre fantaisie:/Tout son fait‚ croyez-moi‚ n’est rein qu’hypocrisie’(Molière: 1.1.69)
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play and is a good source of dramatic irony‚ as the audience knows that the characters will die at the end‚ although the characters themselves don’t. The story of Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona‚ Italy‚ and tells of two star-crossed lovers‚ Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet‚ who belong to enemy families. They first meet at a Capulet house party. When they see each other from across the room they instantly fall in love‚ and are married the next day. However‚ in Act 3 Scene 1‚ the day after the
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