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    The Crucible Forgiveness

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    In The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ one of the main themes is forgiving others. When you forgive others‚ you free yourself from more hurt. And God commands it. Firstly‚ forgiving others frees yourself from more hurt. When you forgive someone you are saying to them that you stop feeling anger and resentment towards them and that you are willing to put it behind you. In The Crucible‚ Mr Proctor cheats on his wife and she has to learn how to forgive him. At the start of Act Two she hasn’t forgiven

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    The Crucible Allegory

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    real witch trials were portrayed in the play but many of the facts are not particularly wrong but might be twisted. There are many proven facts that some of the story is not true to the real life events and this confuses many people because “Arthur Miller makes his characters so vivid and actually used the real names of the people that were in the trials”(Salem Witch Museum). It has been proven that Arthur changed the story on purpose to use it as an allegory for the anti-communist Red Scare to get

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    highlight the similarities between McCarthyism and communism in the 1950’s in the United States of America and the witch hunts of Europe in the 17th century. The play is literally written about the witch trials but it is figuratively about the society Miller lived in‚ in 1953. Thousands of Americans were accused of being communists like in ‘The Crucible’; hundreds of the town’s people were accused of being witches. Three major ideologies that are still relevant in society today are evident in the play

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    Essay On The Crucible

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    would have to make up five people. Growing expediential this gives the ability to homeless people‚ young girls and ultimately liars; the ability to take down rich and wealthy landowners. Where previously they had no power. Just like in the book when miller was on the black list‚ he tried to uncover the lies. He refused to tell the court of Putnam’s plans. Procter also tells the court to question the ninety-one people who signed his declaration of good will of the accused. In the climax the theme truly

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    Death of a Salesman

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    Lopez Prof. English 103 December 3‚ 2012 Death of a Salesman: Willy Loman‚ the Overbearing Father The Loman way‚ was it the hard way or the correct way? In Death of a Salesman‚ the main character‚ Willy Loman is a traveling salesman and is living his own version of the American Dream. He travels the northeast region of America‚ through numerous towns and hotels to support his family. His wife Linda and his two sons‚ Biff and Harold aka Happy‚ live in their home in Brooklyn‚ New York

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    Rain Man Essay

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    Rain Man is a movie that demonstrates the life of two men who live very different lives; however‚ learn to live together during their journey. A selfish man‚ named Charlie‚ is forced to slow down his life when he meets the brother that he never knew existed. His brother‚ Raymond‚ is an autistic savant and just inherited three million dollars. Three million dollars that Charlie felt he was entitled to‚ was left to his brother whom had no concept of money so he wanted it for himself. The brothers embarked

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    crowded‚ competitive‚ and mundane. Willy Loman raised his sons to believe that success is received through reputation and appeal. As a result‚ the importance of appearance and popularity impact the relationship between a father and his two sons. Miller created Willy‚ the protagonist‚ is a father who has dedicated his entire life‚ even made very difficult sacrifices‚ for his family. Willy wants nothing but the best for his sons‚ and since he had never experienced affection from a father himself‚

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    Imagine what the world would be like if everyone thought that lying was acceptable. In the play the Crucible by Arthur Miller and in the noel A Break with Charity by Ann Ranadi‚ both include characters with different morals. Characters such as Abigail Williams from the Crucible and Ann Putnam from A Break with Charity‚ believe that‚ lying is not as big of a deal as it really is‚ because it does not affect them in any way‚ it only affects the people around them. Unlike Abigail and Ann‚ there are characters

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    The Salem witch trial mystery intrigues people because it describes a time when morals flipped and hysteria flooded into the town of Salem. Arthur Miller brings these well known trials to life as he illustrates the trials in his play‚ The Crucible. He incorporated his own experiences into the story and brings new life to the characters that experienced the witch trials first hand. One of these characters‚ Mary Warren‚ historically was the oldest accuser of the Salem witch trials. She ended up confessing

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    walking Salem—vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem‚ but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom‚ and common vengeance writes the law!” (Miller’s The Crucible Act II‚ Pg. 77). The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play that revolves around the Salem witch hunts‚ which occurred during the late 17th century. The play opens in Salem‚ Massachusetts during 1692 with a group of girls who are ill‚ with the symptoms of hallucinations and seizures. These sicknesses

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