I think the movie‚ The Crucible‚ reflects what I’ve learned about the Puritans. I honestly think that the Puritans were very hypocritical. The movie and the literature both show how hypocritical the Puritans actually were. Puritans were extremely strict and very religious also. There was no separation in church and state‚ therefore the people didn’t really stand a chance in court if the church shunned them. The Puritans‚ in the movie The Crucible and in the literature‚ thought that you were damned
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In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ Puritan Salem‚ Massachusetts is uprooted when a panic surrounding accusations of witchcraft takes over the town. As more people begin to be accused and tried‚ the community begins to disintegrate as the local minister and a reverend from a nearby town lead a witch-hunt to purge the town of accused witches. Children become orphans‚ crops go un-harvested and cows roam the streets. The PlayMaker’s Repertory Company production of The Crucible seeks to illustrate how intolerance
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crash and people die! So should we ban cars?” These cheeky and futile attempts to rationalize many Americans fascination with guns collapse on themselves. In an article called “guns save lives” by NRA board of director’s member Scott L. Bach‚ fruitful language is used to show how the freedom of gun ownership can be a positive: “Every private citizen who has ever faced a violent crime alone‚ and knows the feeling of an impending‚ untimely death at the hands of a merciless savage‚ understands the importance
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This year in English class we have studied world mythology‚ The Odyssey‚ medieval literature‚ Beowulf‚ Midsummer’s Night Dream‚ and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Although we did not get to 2 other units‚ the books that we read were interesting and provoked questions about the difference between good and evil‚ about human nature‚ and other queries that sparked debates. With our Odyssey unit‚ we talked about Odysseus’s massacre of the suitors. We asked ourselves‚ ‘Was this justified? What determines
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T/RS 121 September 2013 Within the grandiose land of Eden‚ Adam and Eve have just begun their lives together as the first couple of the world. All is well within God’s new divine creation. Eve has just given birth to baby boy whom she named Cain. Soon after‚ she has a second son‚ Abel. Even so‚ there is imminent trouble lingering for the boys. Cain grows up to be farmer‚ while Abel becomes a shepherd. Both of the sons frequently hand up offerings to their lord; Cain giving crops and Abel giving
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Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” is a play that explores the unfortunate events that the small town of Salem‚ Massachusetts undergoes. The play contains numerous forms of belonging from numerous characters. The church demands its members to obey its commands signifying they belong‚ and those who rebel against the church‚ such as John Proctor‚ who refuses to attend Sabbath are alienated and suffer persecution as a consequence. The churches commands displays how belonging can be enforced by a higher
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It is amazing how lies told by a young female in The Crucible can start so much trouble in society. In a puritan society they thought of woman as inferior to men‚ and that they were not capable of doing much. George Orwell who was a author and a critic once stated that‚” Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk‚ he does not lay eggs‚ he is too weak to pull the plough‚ he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits yet he is the Lord of all animals.” This quote is
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The Crucible and Red Scare Comparison Arthur Miller’s book The Crucible‚ expressed both sad and interesting tales of the times most considered outrageous. Not only were the witch hunts unpredictable and non-valid but anybody could be accused of practicing witchcraft- even the preachers and children. Unfortunately‚ this was the same situation that occurred with the Red Scare that occurred after World War II. No matter what age‚ race or religious view one had‚ everyone was considered
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behind all of them was the jealousy of a man named Iago. The theme of jealousy is much apparent to even the casual reader as the words "jealous" and "jealousy" appear in the play 16 times‚ which mostly occur in the crucial act III‚ scene III where Othello confronts Desdemona. Yet the first direct reference to Iago’s jealousy occurs in the soliloquy in act II‚ scene I; where he muses on a plot to ruin Othello‚ "Or‚ failing so‚ yet that I put the Moor At least into a jealousy so strong That judgment
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defines love and jealousy‚ the individual being questioned may not know how to answer‚ as it is difficult to pinpoint the exact definition of these two complex emotions. Love and jealousy are two fairly distinct emotions‚ and comparing the two would be similar to comparing chalk and cheese. Trees are the very personification of these two emotions‚ love and jealousy. The separate personification of love would be that of a mighty white oak tree. White oaks have a deep root system‚ can live for a few hundred
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