Aylmer does not quite understand the quote by C.Joybell because he loses sight of his love of Georgiana for scientific perfection. Moreover‚ Aylmer’s want to get rid of Georgiana’s birthmark produces a change in his feelings toward her. When discussing the birthmark and a possible removal with Georgiana‚ Aylmer said‚ “you [Georgiana] came so nearly perfect from the hand of Nature… as being the visible mark of earthly imperfection” (11). Additionally‚ Hawthorne states “this one defect [grew] more
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imagination and your feelings run wild? The Gospel of Luke tells us what we should do when people hurt us: “But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies‚ do good to those who hate you‚ bless those who curse you‚ pray for those who mistreat you.”1 Does God know what he is saying? Is he actually telling us to love the people who hate us and pray from them? God is asking us to pray for the people that persecute us. Before I took hold of my life I would always pray in vain. I would make superficial
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Change over time essay Life changed between 500 C.E and 1650 C.E Because of the Middle ages and the crusades‚ the Renaissance and the humanistic art and literature and the Protestant Reformation and the splitting of the Catholic Church. Those three ages brought upon important historical events which we all know and study. The Middle Ages and the crusades where first and then came the Renaissance with humanistic art and then the Protestant Reformation and the splitting of the Catholic Church. Middle
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The Crucible The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a drama about a small group of teen girls in 1692 Salem‚ Massachusetts caught in an innocent conjuring of love potions to catch young men are forced to tell lies that Satan had invaded them and forced them to participate in the rites and are then forced to name those involved. Thrown into the mix are greedy preachers and other major landowners trying to steal others’ land and one young woman infatuated with a married man and determined to get rid
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Ridgeview High School Expository Reading and Writing The Crucible Bennett‚ Jessica. “The Flip Side of Internet Fame.” Newsweek. March 3‚ 2008. Hamilton‚ Anita. “Outsmart Your Haters.” Time. October 6‚ 2008. Miller‚ Arthur. The Crucible. Penguin Group Inc: New York‚ 2003. “Witch Hunts‚ Pledges‚ and Blacklists.” www.borndigital.com/mccart.htm. Rationale: Witch hunts‚ blacklists‚ character‚ reputation‚ defamation‚ public and private identity‚ the dark side of human nature‚ and
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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) * John Proctor‚ example of pride. Provide a quote‚ page number‚ and explanation. * Result of his pride. Provide another quote from the
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being an individual in a uniform society could possibly lead to death. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller relates the Salem witchcraft trials to the modern acts of McCarthyism being practiced. He uses specific events and characters in the play to describe what occurs in both situations. One of the characters Miller uses to describe his ideas is John Proctor. Miller uses Proctor’s moral ambiguity to express his views of how individualism is nearly impossible in such corrupt‚ tyrant-like societies. One
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Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” is a play that explores the unfortunate events that the small town of Salem‚ Massachusetts undergoes. The play contains numerous forms of belonging from numerous characters. The church demands its members to obey its commands signifying they belong‚ and those who rebel against the church‚ such as John Proctor‚ who refuses to attend Sabbath are alienated and suffer persecution as a consequence. The churches commands displays how belonging can be enforced by a higher
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known as the "Salem Witch Trials." The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is a play based upon these witch trials‚ in which John Proctor‚ a prominent member of their Puritan community‚ falls into the hurricane of the accusations. Not willing to blacken his name‚ John hangs for not confessing to compacting with the Devil. When John destroys his untruthful confession‚ he condemns himself to die and by doing so becomes a true symbol of tragedy. John Proctor‚ a respected and followed Puritan‚ although
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In the play‚ The Crucible‚ the symbolism of the characters play a very important role that go along with the time era of McCarthyism. Arthur Miller’s purpose of the characters in The Crucible was to show what people were like during the 1940s and 1950s. Symbolism is the use of an object‚ person‚ or event to represent something. In this case‚ Miller uses symbolism to signify the characters as people during the time of McCarthyism. In works like these‚ symbolism makes the story seem like every character
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