The Cruciable by Arthur Miller portrays a Puritan society that at the time is unsteady. In common Puritan society‚ witchcraft is highly looked down upon and religion means everything to them. The play takes place in Salem‚ Ma‚ where young girls are accusing specific people of being witches‚ in order to get what they want. John Procter has an affair with Abigal‚ Abigal doesnt like Procter’s wife‚ Elizabeth‚ so she accuses her of witchcraft. Miller portrays John Procter as respectful‚ honest‚ and caring
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In Act One of “An Inspector Calls” how does J.B. Priestley uses dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to the members of the audience‚as well as interest and involve them in his play? J.B Priestley was born in Bradford‚ Yorkshire on 13th September 1894. He firm believer of socialism which is a political theory or system in which the means of production and distribution are controlled by the people therefore he disagrees firmly with capitalism. Priestley set his play in 1912 because the
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The Erie Canal is famous in song and story. Proposed in 1808 and completed in 1825‚ the canal links the waters of Lake Erie in the west to the Hudson River in the east. An engineering marvel when it was built‚ some called it the Eighth Wonder of the World. In order to open the country west of the Appalachian Mountains to settlers and to offer a cheap and safe way to carry produce to a market‚ the construction of a canal was proposed as early as 1768. However‚ those early proposals would connect
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How is Curley’s Wife presented in’ Of mice and men’? On the ranch there is only one woman who is referred to as Curley’s wife throughout the book and her lack of identity implies she is a possession of Curley’s and the fact she is never given a name suggests she’s seen more as a possession than a person. The first time she is seen the reader can instantly see she doesn’t fit in as she is wearing ‘red mules with ostrich feathers’ which is incongruous in the setting of the ranch. The colour red
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The Great Gatsby Nick Carraway says‚ ‘Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply’. In the light of this comment‚ discuss ways in which Fitzgerald presents female characters in The Great Gatsby. The quote ‘Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply’ is very important in particular to two of the female characters. Daisy and Myrtle are both women who fall under the category of being dishonest however it is looked over and they both are able to get away with what they
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commences‚ verifies that his is a respected one. She takes note that the staging is more professional‚ and the area surrounding it resembling a small arena rather than the curbside wagon which allessandro and family works from. She also eyes a ticket inspector as well‚ authorizing people who have obviously paid in advance to have premier viewing. Even the torch lights are intended to give the impression one were inside a great hall‚ placed on tall poles‚ as if hanging from
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Remind yourself of Act1 Scene7 and its significance within the play Macbeth. Starting with this scene‚ explore the ways in which Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are presented in Shakespeare’s play and one other performed version of the play. Bibliography: CGP GCSE English Macbeth by William Shakespeare The Complete Play Macbeth YORK NOTES ADVANCED William Shakespeare Cambridge School Shakespeare Macbeth Roman Polanski Film of Macbeth (1971) “ The Tragedy of Macbeth” Shakespeare portrays Macbeth
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Comment on the significance of Iago in Act 1 Scenes 1 and 2. Iago is presented as a vicious villain‚ and through his representation of evil‚ results in the surfacing of key themes such as light and darkness‚ racism‚ and rank and power. Thus‚ by carrying out the role as a villain‚ he highlights the animalistic traits evident within people of the Venetian society. Although Iago is a white man who holds a fairly high status within Venetian society‚ he is crude and uncouth‚ often swearing and making
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Tamara Fisher Fisher1 English IV‚ Period 3 Mrs. Parsons February 6‚ 2012 Comparing and Contrasting Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 130” Many men find different things that attract them to certain women. In “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 130” William Shakespeare uses two different approaches to describe two opposite women he loves. Even through the poems are very much
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the function of ‘Act 1’ In ‘Journeys End?’ After reading ‘Act 1’‚ we instantly get given a slight insight on some of the horrendous conditions of war‚ which is something you do initially expect to entice before reading a war play. It plays a role of developing audiences feelings and expectations by aspects such as stage directions‚ the setting‚ sounds and lighting giving you a deeper depth of realisation of how men really lived in the trenches‚ how they really acted and how they really behaved
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