Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible is a social commentary on witch hunts in early America‚ as well as an Aristotelian tragedy. In Aristotle’s essay Poetics‚ Aristotle explains that a character flaw (imperfection or weakness in one’s personality or values) or an error in judgment can lead to tragedy. The word for this is hamartia. Aristotle also goes on to state that the tragic hero will find enlightenment through his or her lamentable situation. In Miller’s play there are two characters in particular
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about the struggles his husband and him were faced with in order to get to where they are today. Miller gives his audience great detail on riots he participated in and his thoughts on the government. He also shares his family history and the important role it has on his life today. Miller’s solo performance of Rooted makes a comfortable atmosphere to talk openly about controversial topics. Miller used many aesthetic choices to make his performance effective. Some of the most important choices
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you make that was special enough to win?” The smirks on her posse’s faces returned‚ and Alice hesitated. She hadn’t really decided on what to do yet for her entry in Tech Fair. “Um‚ well‚ you see‚ I’m making…” Out of the corner of her eye‚ she saw Mrs. Winston’s car keys poke out of her coat pocket. “A car”! She blurted. Her eyes widened. What had she just said? But her big‚ stupid mouth wasn’t done yet. “It’s a car‚ that runs on‚ uh”....Before she could stop herself‚the faithful word tumbled
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His father done so. Meanwhile‚ although reluctant to leave his side‚ James couldn’t help but notice that Mr Evans was whispering to somebody or that somebody was whispering to him. There was a light source from that end too. A glass lamp with a dancing flame inside it‚ perhaps‚ if his eyes were not playing some mean trick on him. That was theirs‚ he concluded‚ as the hatch was closed‚ leaving the pair to stand alone in the dark. The light from their personnel property‚ which his father and himself
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POEM MR BLEANEY BY PHILP LARKIN ‘Mr Bleaney’ by Phillip Larkin is essentially a poem about a circumstantial situation that is given as dramatic monologue‚ and rather like a drama‚ tells a story that is full of lucid mystery. There are two distinct scenes in the poem‚ in the first‚ which occupies the first three stanzas‚ of this seven-stanza poem. The reader is presented with a landlady showing a perspective lodger a room that has been vacated by her previous tenant‚ the mysterious Mr Bleaney
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The Vehicle “Listen‚ Miguel‚ I know you think of me as garbage and want to throw me out but I can prove to you that I am a great friend. I know you more than you might know yourself. I have seen you beat challenges that have presented themselves upon you. Let me tell you about one of them and if I can convince you that I am here for you then you must allow me to stay. Deal?” “Deal!” “Well‚ the first time I saw you the vehicle had come to a stop and the engine ceased its roaring. The man driving
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We waited a little bit‚ I heard Mrs. Hall announce us and the curtain went up. Mrs. Hall had Mrs. Austin give a pitch and Mercury began with his solo I thought it was really good. Then basses came in I was shocked a little bit. I could tell it was loud enough for the audience to hear. The tenors came in I was praying I wouldn’t mess up. I was trying to remember not to have a dull‚ terrified look on my face. I was trying I thought everything was going well. Also I had to turn on my candle. O
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Mr. Darcy is an intelligent‚ tall‚ fine‚ handsome‚ wealthy and reserved gentleman‚ who often appears haughty or proud to strangers. Mr. Darcy has a strong moral fibre and a natural and somewhat embarrassed kindness. Mr. Darcy is the owner of the fictional estate of Pemberley‚ he is described as the perfect landlord‚ a sensible and honourable manager of the estate. He has a great responsibility to keep the estate running - and the locals who depend on it for a livelihood are lucky to have such a good
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“Calm down‚ Lily.” and walked in through the glass doors. Once I made it to the front desk‚ the receptionist looked up at me‚ “Good Morning‚ I’m Liliane Michels‚ the assistant of Mr. Steffens. I’m looking for Mrs. Müller.” “Hello‚ Miss Michels. Please‚ hold on a minute.” he said and calling someone on the phone‚ “Mrs. Müller is on her
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In Mrs. Dalloway‚ the modernist writer Virginia Woolf undermines the usual conventions of prior prose fiction by adopting an innovative approach to time. She contrasts the objective external time and subjective internal time that structure the plot of the one-day novel. In fact‚ the story takes place on a single day in June and‚ by the use of two important techniques‚ namely the stream of consciousness mode of narration and the interior mono-logue‚ the reader is constantly flowing from the present
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