Discuss the importance of the character of Elizabeth and consider how Miller makes us respond to her throughout the play (30 marks) Throughout the Crucible Miller uses Elizabeth‚ who is a pious character‚ as a judge of character. Through her eyes we learn who is innately good such as Rebecca Nurse‚ we learn that John Proctor is a tragic hero whose fatal flaw is that he is “somewhat bewildered” and that Abigail truly is “a whore” with an “endless capacity for dissembling”. The audience trusts her
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Tale" and "The Miller ’s Tale" of Geoffrey Chaucer ’s The Canterbury Tales‚ express similar characteristics yet simultaneously express differences. "The Reeve ’s Tale" is far more perverse than "The Miller ’s Tale"‚ which is expressed as a story of slapstick humor and ignorance. Both "The Reeve ’s Tale" and "The Miller ’s Tale" coincide on the topic of deception. Both of these tales express the theme of revenge. "The Reeve ’s Tale" concentrates on the theme of sin more than "The Miller ’s Tale" does
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In 2005‚ Value Trust‚ an $11.2 billion mutual fund managed by Bill Miller‚ had outperformed its benchmark index‚ the S&P 500‚ for a consecutive 14 years. This record marked the longest streak of success for any manager in the mutual fund industry‚ doubling the previous record. While Miller had been beaten in individual years‚ no manager has been as consistent. This has provoked many different questions in academia because it defies current conventional theories such as the Efficient Market Hypothesis
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means a severe‚ searching test or trial. The book The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a perfect example of that definition. The book is based upon the Salem Witch Trials of the 1690’s‚ it also has a deeper meaning it also relates to the communist hunts of the 1950’s led by Joseph McCarthy. The Crucible in all of its meanings follow the definition of it being a severe‚ searching test or trial. In the book The Crucible Arthur Miller portrayed the horrors of the Salem Witch Trails very eloquently. He made
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Plot Summary: The H.M.S. Bellipotent ship is nearing home after a long voyage‚ when a British general who is in need of men‚ stops the ship. Lieutenant Ratcliffe conscripts one sailor and that sailor is‚ Billy Budd‚ who is willing to serve his country. As he exits‚ he hollers for the Rights of Man by name and says his goodbyes. On the Bellipotent‚ Billy takes over the job of the foretopman. Claggart‚ who is the master of arms‚ has a appearance that is calm‚ but deep down he has evil intentions.
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Compassion‚ charity‚ and responsibility were the main feelings that the narrator in "Bartleby‚ the Scrivener". (Bartleby.com) Mostly everyone that would find themselves in that situation would feel the same. In the beginning‚ the narrator was puzzled by Bartleby’s eccentric behavior. He was strangely fascinated by him. All of the other co-workers were annoyed since they had to do his work without pay. Any normal boss would immediately fire someone like Bartleby‚ but the narrator felt a certain
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time in life when your reputation is on the line. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ there are a lot of reputations that become tarnished such as John Proctor. Proctor had a moment where his reputation would be ruined‚ he was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to be hanged. He had the chance between falsifying himself and regain the respect and safety of his reputation or lie to save himself. The author Arthur Miller‚ portrays the struggle of John Proctor fighting to live with the guilt of lying
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Explore Millers use of stage directions‚ setting and props in Act one; language analysis and conventions of tragedy. Plan: * Stage directions – opening stage directions‚ set the scene for the audience‚ and give background information on a few of the characters present. * They are descriptive which can give the audience a visual of the characters‚ and what kind of personality they have. E.g. ‘Keller is nearing sixty. A heavy man of stolid mind and build‚ a business man these many years
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Sarah Clark Miller; The Need for Care Contemporary moral philosophical accounts approach the accounts in the viewpoint of needs. In particular ends‚ some needs are morally more important as compared to other instrumental needs. Sarah Clark Miller writes on the Need for Care to objectively give the theories and emerging issues in the subject. Typically‚ there is an issue of ‘needing’ in the course of understanding the theory as well as the question of what makes the need of something morally important
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The author purpose to write this story is to explain why he wrote The Crucible‚ what pushes him to write such a story. Arthur Miller tried to make life real by showing that things get repeated in history. The McCarthy trials are similar to Salem Witch trials. People were being accused for things that they never did and do not have any proof that they did these thing. The Crucible shows that whatever is happening now happened before‚ and we are repeating the history. It is important for people to
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