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    In The Crucible‚ John Proctor‚ the protagonist of the play‚ is known as a tragic hero. He is a hero because in the end he stays true to his beliefs and his philosophies‚ knowing that by doing so he will be condemned to hang. Some may consider him as a tragic hero and some may consider him as only a pride filled coward for not telling the truth earlier. John Proctor can be viewed as selfish because many others including Rebecca Nurse and Sarah Good were hanged before John confessed to having an

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    Descriptions Paul Edgecomb: Paul is the “Head Honcho” or lead warden on E-block. He is the one who leads the mission to heal Warden Moores wife with John Coffey. He is a very friendly‚ kind‚ and forgiving man. He is in charge of all the executions on E-Block. He is also blessed with a piece of John Coffey’s gift greatly extending his lifespan. John Coffey: John Coffey is one of the most famous inmates on E-Block. He was convicted of murdering and raping two girls but it is later revealed that it was not

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    Introduction Throughout the Gospel of John‚ Jesus offers to those around Him‚ most specifically His Disciples‚ metaphors to help them understand who He is and what His purposes are. Jesus uses common phrases to illustrate His point. He does this twenty-three times in the Gospel of John Repeating important. He begins seven of those important statements with two exceptional words‚ “I AM”. These words illustrate his world-saving purpose. For example in John 6‚ Jesus makes the profound statement “I

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    John A. Macdonald was the first Prime Minister of Canada in 1867. He was born on January 11th‚ 1815 in Glasgow . He moved to Upper Canada when he was at age of five along with his parents . His first major occupation was becoming a Kingston lawyer at the age of fifteen and after a few years later Macdonald possessed his own legal practice by age of nineteen . Once John A. Macdonald joined the Conservative party‚ he was soon elected to represent for Kingston in the Legislative Assembly of the Province

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    John Proctor is a Tragic Hero Do you want to know why John Proctor is a tragic hero? A tragic hero is a person of noble birth with heroic qualities. In the play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller‚ John Proctor is a character in the play and he is a tragic hero that has a lot of things happening to him. John Proctor is a tragic hero because of these three reasons; had an affair with Abigail‚ confessing to his wife/ relationship‚ and saving his name from the village. John Proctor had an affair with

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    John Locke “The end of law is not to abolish or restrain‚ but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law‚ where there is no law‚ there is no freedom” – John Locke. What I feel that John Locke is attempting to express in his quote is that society believes that by having laws in place the government is taking away from the freedom they long to endure. However‚ by having laws in place it actually helps to enforce their rights to freedom. I chose

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    Kirsten Furnish AP Literature Mrs. Hendricks November 1‚ 2012 Literary Analysis of John Donne This examination of John Donne’s metaphysical poetry includes analysis of Donne’s use of topic‚ structure‚ scansion‚ style and theme. John Donne is known as one of the best writers of metaphysical poetry‚ a genre of poetry that is characterized specifically by themes of knowledge‚ intellect‚ and having a somewhat unrecognizable meter or rhyme. Metaphysical poetry forsakes pure and genial nature of other

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    these characters have completely different personalities from one another‚ which makes the movie more interesting than it already is. The character that I will be doing my character analysis on is named John Bender. John Bender is the troublemaker of the group‚ and‚ in my opinion‚ the funniest. John is introduced into the movie at the same time as the other characters. Some of the first impressions of him are pretty funny‚ but you could tell that he got into a lot of trouble. He is disrespectful to

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    think of an American cowboy in my mind I see a picture of John Wayne mounted high on his horse in a desert setting riding out into the sunset. His name is synonymous with the western film genre. John Wayne’s characters are known world-wide as American symbols that embody the true characteristics of how Americans ought to be. His characters were always so tough‚ courageous‚ and upstanding. For this and other reasons I consider the actor‚ John Wayne‚ to have had a tremendously positive impact on our

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    Intrigued by the notions of inalienable rights‚ John Locke became known as a 17th century English philosopher of the enlightenment. Born on August 29‚1632‚ Locke possessed a good deal of influence because of his connection with England and the United States. John Locke had a plethora of Philosophical theories. I will further elaborate on the idea of Locke’s thoughts on inalienable rights. One might first begin with addressing the question of what are Inalienable rights? To this I answer

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