Arthur Miller produced a play known as “The Crucible” which was performed on January 22‚ 1953. The play betrayed communists as being stereotyped and categorized. The content in the production created and analogy to the historical event in 1945 known as the The Cold War (pbs). Accordingly‚ Arthur Miller wrote the drama play reflecting on culture and political hysteria. The United States government sought to suppress communism and racial activity. To create his play‚ he traced With McCarthyism
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The Lewis and Clark expedition was important and one of the most recognised trips into the western United States in the 1800s. This expedition was one of the most recognised because it was a very large purchase‚ a big and long trip‚ and was very important in the future of the United States and future expeditions. The purchase of the Louisiana territory was very important in the expansion of the United States. The purchase expanded the size of the United States to almost double its size. The president
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Lewis Carroll: known to many as being a man of mystery‚ including those who knew him personally‚ and those who only knew him through his pseudonym. He uses nonsensical concepts and words in his stories in order to create a mood of whimsy and fantasy allowing the reader a certain degree of freedom in his or her interpretation of Carroll’s meaning; of all of Carroll’s works‚ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland stands uniquely in the category of nonsense literature. Many authors argue over the contrasts
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An unknown poet during the Medieval time period wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Sir Gawain is an Arthurian legend‚ a story about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table‚ centered on the protagonist Sir Gawain. In the poem‚ a Green Knight comes to challenge the king‚ but Gawain decides to go in place of the king. Gawain makes a deal with the Green Knight. If he can’t kill the Green Knight then the knight gets to try to kill Gawain in one year. Gawain fails to kill the Green Knight
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Chester A. Arthur He was born on October 5th 1829‚ In Fairland Vermont. He had nine siblings‚ and was the eldest of the three sons in the family. Being the one of the elders of his many siblings‚ he acquired a desire to lead. His father was a preacher. Like any preacher kid at that time‚ his family was often transferred various villages in Vermont and upstate New York‚ which widened Chester’s view of politics in diverse locations. Also being a preacher’s kid‚ he had to have some admirable ethics
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Discovered by Spanish and French conquistadors in the 17th and 18th centuries and explored by famous pioneer/explorers Lewis and Clark in 1805‚ Oregon is the 33rd state to be admitted to the United States. Oregon received statehood on February 14‚ 1859. Lewis and Clark explored Oregon while on their journey to find the Northwest Passage. Lewis and Clark both described Oregon as a “beautiful woodland paradise”‚ with its diverse wildlife and flora. Oregon is located on the Pacific Coast‚ above California
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needed the money. Furthermore‚ children often worked with their parents in the same factory‚ which made the companies excessive amounts of money. The National Child Labor Committee‚ or the NCLC‚ was founded in 1904 to combat these big corporations. Lewis Hine was born on September 26‚ 1874‚ in Oshkosh‚ Wisconsin. Hine was a schoolteacher and a photographer. After seeing and taking photos of various immigrants that came to America through Ellis Island‚ he was even more interested in photography.
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Nonviolence” by John Lewis takes place in the Southern United States during the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. An important theme revealed in “The Power of Nonviolence” is life can be hard but you should always keep going that is what gets you were you are. Three ways that this theme is revealed are‚ John Lewis and other blacks being discriminated against‚ John and his friends doing the sit-ins‚ and Nashville desegregating the lunch counters. The first way the theme is revealed is by John Lewis and other
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The play The Crucible is written by Arthur Miller and it is about a small town of Salem. In this town there are series of trials that occur to hunt down the witches that plague Salem. The universal theme that is expressed in this play on more than one occasion is the theme of lies‚ make everything worse. This is shown by one occasion very well. When Tituba is accused of being a witch and conspiring with the devil she lies to say she was‚ and she confesses so that she will live. This really starts
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In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ there is a dire need for a hero. Someone who is willing to put his/her life on the line‚ be brave‚ and do what is required. Sir Gawain is this hero. During his quest of the beheading game‚ he exemplifies the following characteristics of a successful hero. He holds true to his knightly conduct‚ remains courteous in everything he does‚ and upholds to his Christian virtues. Because he is all of these things‚ he can be defined as the ultimate role model.
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