Jason Smith Mrs. Bartosiewicz ENG 3U1 2 December 2011 Human Nature vs Personal Gain Growing‚ learning and becoming the best we can be are all positive steps that evolve from life experience. It is human nature that wants to succeed and contribute to society in productive ways. In the play The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ individuals display an ugly side of human nature and are motivated by less than noble goals. Throughout the story‚ justice is often replaced by the desire for personal
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If only I had taken my time on the test‚ I might have gotten a better grade. Failing my math test came as a big shock to me but helped me realize that I need to take my time and not rush. When you rush through an assignment‚ you are prone to make simple mistakes that you might not have made if you would have taken your time. I have noticed when I rush through a math assignment I will make simple calculation errors or write the answer in the wrong format. If I had slowed down a bit‚ I could have saved
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In Arthur Miller’s playwright‚ The Crucible‚ the reader is exposed to different examples of what could be considered a dystopian society. A dystopia is a society characterized by human misery and unhappiness. The characteristics of a dystopian society in The Crucible include religious control and this playwright contains a dystopian protagonist. Throughout The Crucible‚ the townspeople in Salem‚ Massachusetts are living in a theocratic government. A theocratic government is a government subject
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ways in which ‘The Crucible’ and Equus’ follow when religious faith turns into religious mania. How far does the two text attempt to present a more positive attitude to a life lived in faith? The plays ‘Equus’ and ‘The Crucible’ both explore the positive aspects of religion and its damaging qualities. The critic Mitchel Hay suggests that ‘The parental‚ adolescent and professional conflicts exhibited by Peter Shaffer’s Equus need not be disruptive. They can be fed into a crucible of growth.’ The plays
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A young man steps out from the library. He carries a long‚ neatly-written sheet of names. As he walks up the steps to the main gym where at least two hundred teens are gathered‚ one yells out‚ “He’s coming!” and the room goes silent. A wall will soon be filled with names of students that will rejoice and cry tears of joy; others who may not appear will cry tears of sadness. This is‚ commonly called by All-State auditioners‚ the Wailing Wall. Twenty-four vocal and four band students from West Delaware
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How to Successfully Choose Experts on Car Detailing While there may be a number of car owners who would not mind exerting extra effort and time towards getting their cars kept in the best shape at all times‚ not everybody has the luxury to do so‚ for those people that live really hectic schedules‚ getting their cars in the best shape would have to be relied upon the help of the professional. In this case‚ it will lie in the hands of car detailing providers. Cars‚ just like any machine‚ are subjected
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Greed: An Unavoidable Human Nature Everyone‚ at one point in his or her life‚ experiences greed. Not because of choice‚ rather‚ by human nature alone. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller portrays greed throughout many of the main characters. The main people‚ for example‚ include Thomas Putnam‚ Abigail‚ and Danforth. Each character shows greed in their own way. Throughout these characters‚ Arthur Miller try’s to show us that as a human‚ we cannot help to control the underlying greed within ourselves
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Distinction Between The Crucible and The Phantom Slasher of Taiwan In 1956‚ there was a time when the people in Northwest Taiwan feared anyone who came close to them or their children‚ due to the slashing that would occur to people. This was known as The Phantom Slasher of Taiwan. It was a span of mass hysteria that went on for a short time until the truth came out. Parents would go to the police and say that their child had mysterious cuts on various areas of their bodies. It was not a very big
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defines a “crucible” as “a pot in which metals or other substances are heated to a very high temperature or melted”. Also‚ The Crucible is the title of Arthur Miller’s play. While is is not completely obvious at first glance how the two are similar‚ after further examination‚ it’s apparent how they are incredibly similar. The Crucible is a highly symbolic title. As the definition states‚ as more heat is applied‚ more substances come out‚ which is what happens in The Crucible. The actual crucible is Abigail
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on his part.” The unity of setting; fate (or determinism); a noble character‚ with the inevitability of human flaw - these factors are archetypal of the classical tragedies‚ first made popular by notable Sophocles‚ Euripides‚ and Aeschylus. Arthur Miller adopts this structure in his play‚ The Crucible: a tragedy‚ in which John Proctor is the epitome of an Aristotelian tragic hero. The Crucible is presented in a superstitious village‚ located in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1692. The time frame is compressed
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