Study Questions to accompany Act One of The Crucible by Arthur Miller Directions: Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. 1. Where and when is the opening scene of the play set? 2. Why is the Reverend Samuel Parris so distraught at the beginning of Act One? What unnerves him about the report Susanna Walcott brings from Doctor Griggs? Why has Parris sent for Reverend Hale from Beverly? 3. What do we learn in the exposition of the play about the events in the forest? About
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th IB 20 Century World History Cold War Essay Questions Each class will be given 4 of the following questions and will have 45 minutes to write an essay format answer. Remember that many of these prompts are really the same prompt with a twist. That will be the case next year as well. 1) For what reasons and to what extent‚ did the Yalta Conference of February 1945 contribute to the origins of the Cold War? (2011 TZ1) 2) For what reasons and to what extent did the Yalta Conference of July 1945
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The excerpt from In Cold Blood‚ written by Truman Capote‚ represents a remarkable example of using suspense to interest the reader into learning key details. Understanding that his reader will not find an ordinary town interesting‚ Capote displays details so that they appear vivid‚ even if they aren’t. Truman’s writing works in direct reference to the setting of the story: accent‚ local language and slang. Holcomb‚ the name of this town‚ is “dry” and nothing has happened in the area up to this point
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Passage 1 In passage number one King gives us a clear image of what the main character sees as the devil. Everyone has their own idea of what the devil looks like. Some think he is red wit horns‚ ugly‚ and scary. But king gives us a unique image‚ “His face was long and pale. His black hair was combed tight against his skull and parted with rigorous care on the left side of his narrow head. He was very tall. He was wearing a black three-piece-suit‚ and I knew right away that he was not a human being…
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What sort of things affect the development of an individual’s personality? A: The development of an individual’s personality results from heredity and upbringing‚ schooling or lack of It‚ neighborhoods‚ work and play experiences‚ parents’ influence‚ religion—all of the social forces around a person. Why is it possible for two employees to have entirely different reactions to the same boss? A: Because of their personality‚ each individual is going to have a unique way in which they handle a situation
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In Truman Capote’s book In Cold Blood‚ he describes the events of an actual murder that happened in Holcomb Kansas. The Clutter family of four‚ were savagely murdered in their own home with shotguns during the night. The book follows the murders Dick and Perry through events that follow the murders. The two murders have many similarities‚ but are also very different. Their background‚ affections‚ and mental awareness. Perry and Dicks childhoods couldn’t compare to each other they were so different
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Anastasia Downum July 21th 2012 AP Lang In Cold Blood Essay Truman Capote’s characters‚ Perry Smith and Dick Hancock‚ create a way in which their “contributions to society”‚ within their personal lives as well as in their surrounding community‚ lead them to a fatal state of regret‚ remorse‚ actuality‚ and their delayed demise. All of which were consequences caused by their very own actions and decisions to murder the Clutter family. Capote created sympathy for the family by showing the
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English Close Reading Analysis The poem Mariana by Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson was published in 1830 and is the text I have chosen to do closely analyze. The subject matter of the poem was taken from one of Shakespeare’s plays titled “Measure for Measure”‚ and the line: “Mariana in the moated grange‚” gave Tennyson the inspiration to write of a young woman waiting for her lover. The two texts share a common theme of abandonment‚ as in Shakespeare’s play the young woman is also diligently awaiting
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Violence is never a single victim crime. Violence can have long lasting effects across more people than intended‚ and have effects more everlasting than can be believed by the person committing the violence. Truman Capote in his book “In Cold Blood” manages to convey the darker meaning of the actions of the characters in this novel. Capote manages to show the everlasting effects and what has been lost from the violence committed. Through his use of figurative language Capote depicted the harsh realism
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Family plays a major psychological part in one’s life. The dynamics of the family have effects that are positive‚ negative‚ or both‚ on a person. The role of family in Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood is to shape and define each individual from childhood to the person that they are as an adult‚ creating different outcomes that are most profound in cases such as Barbara Johnson and Perry Smith. Notably‚ Perry Smith’s unhappy childhood consists of familial instability and brokenness‚ resulting in his
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