In January in the year 1917‚ the Zimmerman Telegram was sent ultimately to the Mexican president Venustiano Carranza by the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire‚ Arthur Zimmerman who had the intention to slow us down from entering the war. Mexico declined Germany’s offer because Mexico knew it could not beat us‚ but on February Germany still implemented unrestricted submarine warfare and assumed that we would declare war on Germany and enter World War 1. After British intelligence intercepted
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is it that separates a creator from an artist? Or what separates a work of art from a mere object? One may think that any creator is an artist and anything created could be art‚ but there is more to an artist and the art in which he or she makes. Arthur Danto and George Dickie explore how and what makes an object art in Danto’s “The Artworld” and Dickie’s “What is Art? An Institutional Analysis”. With the knowledge of what is required for art to indeed be deemed art‚ it becomes reasonable to conclude
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English 3 AP 21 October 2011 The Struggle for the Soul of Arthur Dimmesdale In the novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne relates the struggle of Dimmesdale’s soul to the classic model of good vs. evil. Arthur Dimmesdale has committed a sin that is heavily frowned upon throughout his community‚ though; nobody in the community knows what that sin is besides Hester Prynne. Dimmesdale is the minister of the community and he has committed the sin of adultery‚ partaking in an affair with
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Arthur Asher Miller was one of the greatest playwrights and essayists of the 20th century. He won numerous awards for his writing including the Tony Award for best play and Pulitzer Prize for drama. He lived a long fruitful life and provided a total of seven decades in playwright. Earlier Life and Potential Influence to His Writing: Arthur was born in October 17th‚ 1915. He was the second of three children of Isidore and Augusta Miller. His father was a well-known man in the community and they
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Arthur Miller‚ in his play The Crucible‚ tells the story of the John Proctor and the many accusations made during the Salem Witch Trials‚ leading up to the accusation against Proctor. John Proctor‚ who is married to Elizabeth Proctor‚ had an affair with the much younger Abigail Williams while she was a servant in the Proctor house a year prior to the story. This affair led to Elizabeth firing Abigail‚ and both Abigail’s affection toward John and her hatred toward Elizabeth growing much bigger.
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outcast. The idea of the nuclear family was very prominent in the culture‚ the man went to work the wife stayed home and took care of the kids‚ but some literary works defied these norms and what was considered socially taboo. One author in particular‚ Arthur Miller argues against conformity by talking about many socially taboo topics such
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people to wonder if celebrating differences might actually be more harmful to the United States of America than it is beneficial. Nobody seems to advocate for the complete eradication of diversity in the nation‚ but there are some intellectuals like Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.‚ the author of “The Cult of Ethnicity”‚ who believe an overemphasis on diversity decreases the solidarity of American nationalism. To some extent this might hold true‚ but the benefits of recognizing diversity‚ as defined by Jeanne
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days of an old and failing salesman‚ and slowly exposes his dysfunctional relationship with his family‚ his many unfulfilled dreams‚ and his progressive mental deterioration‚ which eventually leads to his suicide. Death of a Salesman was written by Arthur Miller‚ a prominent American playwright. In the play‚ he criticizes the blind pursuit of the American dream‚ and to a certain extent‚ capitalism. The symbols in this play: the seeds‚ rubber hose‚ diamonds‚ and stockings‚ show Willy Loman’s plentiful
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crimes of antagonists and villains. The creation of evil and is association with the city is also influenced by the early Victorian perception of the city and the crimes that occurred in the city. Irene Adler the primary antagonist and villain‚ in the Arthur Conon Doyle’s “Scandal in Bohemia” (1891)‚ outwits Sherlock Holmes – One of the greatest detectives and brilliant minds in literature to date. The nature in which if she operates‚ is helped by the nature of the city which encourages‚ promotes and
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play based on the actual event that in 1692‚ led to the salem witch trials. It is a series of hearing before local magistrates to prosecute over 150 people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693.The play was written in the early 1950s as a response to McCarthyism when the US government blacklisted accused communist. Miller himself was to questioned by the House of Representatives’ committee on un american activities in
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