It has become quite apparent of the mass spread of witches and witchcraft. However‚ I do not think inquisitors and folks such as Sir Kramer should put all their efforts and forces in sniffing out witches like hungry dogs. I do believe in ridding the evil polluting our lands. Though‚ I am a peaceful man‚ and I strongly suggest another approach deviating from Sir Kramer’s zealous methods. What we need to do is separate the most heinous witches from the rest by looking into what types of witchcraft
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Final Projects for The Crucible Select one of the following to complete independently or with a partner: People Magazine’s Love Triangle of the Year Produce a magazine article in which you try to piece together the story of this love triangle from the various characters’ points of view. Your article should include comments by John Proctor‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ and Abigail Williams. The main goal here is to understand the effect their actions had on each of the others. Be sure to bring out the major
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In the beginning of the story‚ Reverend Parris is looking at his daughter‚ Betty‚ while weeping and praying. She is asleep on her bed and cannot wake up. They know that she is not dead‚ but she does not move or speak. She just lies there. Parris heard that Betty and other girls were dancing in the woods. (This was a very bad thing at the time because that implied they knew the devil.) Reverend Parris’s slave‚ Tituba‚ is from Barbados. Abigail says that she put a spell on Betty so she would not wake
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The effects that occur within a society when pressure is placed on different aspects can cause a person to conform into what the society is trying to force them into anyway. Throughout The Crucible the proof that a society can truly change who people are in a situation and make it to where the people are going against their original beliefs and morals. The importance of conforming isn’t just one that plays a role on the outside of a character but how they are changed on the inside as well that truly
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Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman“ is a play illustrating the life of a man wanting success but takes his life for his family to be financially stable. At the story’s heart is a tragic depiction of the protagonist‚ a man who wants to be successful‚ who wants his kids to be successful‚ he wants to live the American dream. Miller balances the literary devices of of flashbacks‚ motifs‚ conflicts and characterization to perceive the cost of the American Dream. Willy Loman’s idea of the American
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From Arthur C. Clarke’s “The Star”‚ a tale about an astronaut who questions religion after seeing the work of a destroyed intelligent species‚ it brought up the question as to whether or not the human race holds the ability to create a safehold for items that represent that which the Earth is comprised of (cultures‚ art‚ sciences‚ etc). Arguably this is incorrect due to the lack of preparedness and prominent self righteousness humanity shares in times of crisis. As the extraterrestrials of Clarke’s
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Devil worshipers and witches turn a village against each other. The author who wrote The Crucible is Arthur Miller and was published in 1950 but the play took place in 1692. John Proctor was a good man with great intentions. Proctor is an honorable man because he took the blame for the false lies so the innocent people who were accused wouldn’t die. An honorable man is a man who stands up for something he did or didn’t do and takes the wrath of whatever the punishment is. Proctor is an honorable
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I believe there can be a turning pint in a person’s life after which nothing will ever be the same. Such is the case in Arthur Miller’s play‚ Death of a Salesman‚ when Willy Loman’s son Biff reaches a "point of no return" after discovering that Willy is having an affair with a woman in Boston. The shock and disillusionment from this revelaation made Biff see his father in a new light ande he would never be able to return to a life in which he trusted or respected his father. The quote "often
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Arthur Dimmesdale was struggling with his mistakes for a large part of the novel but was torn between revealing his sins to the public and living in secrecy with Hester. The guilt that was living inside him was too much for him and it was eating away at him so he decided to come clean. He decided to do so in one of his church sermons. The language he used had a certain rhythm that conveyed his release of guilt and shame that was bottled up inside. Hawthorne writes‚ “the language in which the preacher
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In "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller a mass hysteria of witches goes around town due to an event that happened one night and led to a little girl to be asleep and was not able to be awaken. In todays world a certain mass hysteria is going on that all Muslims are dangerous and considered a terrrorist. One day on September 11‚ 2001 an airplane crashed into the twin towers. After a while another plane hit the second one causing both to collapse. This event lead to the deaths of thousands of people
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