Are you ever haunted by a less-than-stellar moment in your past? Have you ever been given a responsibility you knew you were not qualified to carry out? So have Keevan and Addie‚ the main characters of Tricia Mingerink’s latest book‚ Destroy. Prince Keevan‚ second son of the King of Acktar (in the days before it was taken over by a tyrant) is quite the ladies man until he nearly goes too far with a servant girl one day and vows never again to take advantage of another person. A year later‚ when
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The Crucible Essay The Crucible was a very emotional book in terms of plot. The plot was about a girl named Abigail who accuses many people of witchcraft. She also accuses Elizabeth Proctor‚ wife of John Proctor. Abigail uses her power of the court to get to her obsession‚ John Proctor‚ by trying to eliminate Elizabeth. She is unsuccessful in getting this done and ends up executing over twelve people including John Proctor. It is great to see all the different kinds of characterization and
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In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ the community in Salem is portrayed as being motivated by fear‚ greed‚ and revenge‚ as shown by the witch trials. Some people of the community fear for their lives of being condemned a witch‚ while others take advantage of those fears. Consequentially‚ people will resort to anything to avert such shame‚ including betrayal. In The Crucible‚ three types of betrayals are evident: betrayal of oneself‚ religion‚ and community. Betrayal of community is the most evident
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Isaac Lee Language A: English HL World Literature Paper 6/3/2013 Word Count: 1215 A New Perspective on Chinese History Isaac Lee WLP Ball 1 The novel‚ To Live‚ by Yu Hua was banned in China when it was first published because the novel exposed the faulty rule of the Communist party in China. This literary masterpiece depicts four decades of Chinese history‚ including historic events as the Sino-Japanese war‚ the civil war‚ the founding of the People’s Republic of China‚ Mao’s Great Leap Forward
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Kathia Nunez Mrs. Burns Eng. 11 1 Jan. 2012 Appearance vs. Reality Appearance vs. Reality is a prominent theme in The Crucible as some people are carried and blinded by appearance while others actually look at the facts‚ John Proctor and Elizabeth are not carried away by lies while Abigail and the rest of her friends are ignorant and spread lies. The town of Salem‚ Massachusetts went through a yearlong period of witch trials. A group of girls led by Abigail the reverend’s niece manipulated
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Brenda Mburu Mr. Martin English III 27 February 2013 From Powerless to Powerful In the crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ the Salem Witch Trial of 1692 was a open trial where anyone can come and make accusations. The accusers gained an abundant of power over the court and over the accused. Since the girls‚ Abigail Williams‚ Betty Parris‚ Mary Warren‚ and Mercy Lewis started the accusations they went from having no power to being the most powerful characters. The witch trials empower individuals
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was the Puritans were a chosen people that the devil would do anything to destroy. Since religious men ran their government‚ the Puritans considered all government actions to be sanctioned by Heaven. This meant that any attempt to resist any of the government’s actions‚ was considered an attempt to overthrow God. Governments fueled by such rigid convictions often fall into corruption without even realizing it. In The Crucible‚ Deputy Governor Danforth and Judge Hathorne believe that they’re messengers
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One of the most important things that people can’t live without is music. Friedrich Nietzsche - a German philosopher‚ once said : ’Without music‚ life would be a mistake.’ First of all‚ we must know the definition of music. According to Wikipedia‚ music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time. The common elements of music are pitch‚ rhythm‚ dynamics and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. No one knows exactly when music existed. Some people even
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number of problems. Salem was known to be the Puritan land. In the play “The Crucible”‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ he talks about what happened in Salem in 1962. The Puritans believed that if any person disobeyed their religion‚ that they were part of witchcraft. The Puritans’ attitudes‚ along with the stresses of their daily lives‚ may have increased the likelihood of an outbreak of witchcraft hysteria. In “The Crucible”‚ Reverend Parris’s daughter‚ Betty Parris‚ was caught dancing naked in the
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LIVE AND LET LIVE LIFE IS not as simple as it was before. With scientific and technological developments‚ man has become obsessive of luxurious lifestyle. Materialism has grasped all of us. It has made man insensitive to the human emotions of pity‚ compassion‚ generosity and affection. All of us want to prosper with material comforts and thus‚ we venture into the mad ‘rat race’. In this materialistic world‚ we are governed by our instinct rather than our by conscience. This is the modern era
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