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    Mood In The Crucible

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    Referring to works by at least 2 writers‚ compose the means by which writers establish mood. To truly understand a literary work‚ it is important to identify the overall atmosphere and mood of the text. Mood‚ the emotional perspective of the reader in a piece of literature‚ is so critical to the understanding of any work because mood evokes a certain feeling from the reader that the author wants the reader to feel. Mood provides an example of what the author wants the reader to take away from the

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    The Crucible In The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ I found three of the several themes shown throughout the play to be important. In Salem‚ fear rules the lives of the villagers‚ causing irrational actions. Also‚ the Salem Villagers are very manipulative people and will coerce others into doing what they want. Finally‚ the officials tend to follow either the letter of the law‚ or the spirit of the law‚ affecting the choices that are made in court. These themes are shown periodically throughout the

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    Having a reputation‚ the basic theme of this book‚ has a great amount of importance in The Crucible. This theme plays a tremendous role in what the basis of this book is. Arthur miller developed this theme throughout the book by accumulating characters with this quality. There are many characters in this book‚ but the ones that convey these qualities are‚ Reverend Parris‚ Abigail along with John Proctor. Miller uses Parris‚ in the first act‚ to demonstrate the theme of having great reputation and integrity

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    Willy’s illusion at first just concerned himself‚ but as the play progresses his illusion begin to include his whole family. Willy now not only has a warped sense of his greatness‚ but the greatness of his sons as well. Willy replays Biff’s final football game over and over in his mind‚ leaving a sense of accomplishment in his mind‚ yet in reality Biff flunked out of math‚ never went to college and never truly progressed. Biff tries to prove to his father that he is not the man he believes him

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    obvious given that today‚ psychiatrists base their reasoning’s on “classic formulations” (Miller) such as Oedipus complexes for even the lowliest of common clients. This is due to that fact that although royalty played out these problems‚ they apply to everyone in similar situations. The royal and higher-ups have the same mental processes as commoners; therefore they are just as apt to tragedy. Miller believes that the sense of tragedy comes into being when a character is willing to sacrifice

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    heart is broken which made her sad and depressed. But she rise up again and stood on her own in the end. This meant that she was independent and didn’t need the man’s help. Writer used many literary devices which symbolised the mood and tone the writer wanted to represent. The song skyscraper used one of the terms of literary device called mood. At the beginning of the skyscraper‚ the mood is sad and hopeless. Demi’s voice shakes and she sounds like she is on the verge of tears. The volume is soft in

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    The Crucible: From Play to Movie Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible was adapted into a film premiered in 1996. Miller dramatizes the Salem witchcraft trials in the 1600s. When Abigail Williams (Winona Ryder) and a group of girls begin to accuse people of practicing witchcraft‚ the town goes into hysteria. Abigail has an affair with John Proctor (Daniel Day-Lewis) and accuses his wife Elizabeth (Joan Allen) in an attempt to get rid of her. But Proctor seeks to prove that the girls are lying. Throughout

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    Going Home In the piece “On Going Home” Joan Didion uses many literary techniques to emphasis her sentences. Didion’s use of quotation marks around specific words stands out first to the reader. The quotation marks suggest that the meaning she was trying to come across was a bit different from the original meaning the word normally would carry. For example when Didion quotes the words “happy‚ home‚ and normal”‚ they are usually described as positive meaning. But it depends on how the reader takes

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    Marketing lecture 3: SITUATION ANALYSIS This involves a thorough study of the broad trends within the economy and society‚ and a comprehensive analysis of markets‚ suppliers‚ competitors and the company itself. There are a number of marketing techniques that can be used in analysing an organisation’s environment. These include the following: SWOT Analysis: Thi i an overall evaluation of a A l i This is ll l ti f company’s strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats. Strengths and Weaknesses are internal

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    The Crucible

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    In the play "The Crucible" written by Arthur Miller‚ the author displays how easily people can make judgments based on their personal beliefs rather than rational and logical reasoning. Miller elucidates throughout the play that truth has no meaning when men believe only what they want to believe. A situation is created where there are factors capable of forcing characters into making assessments based on what they think is right while disregarding the truth. Three characters in Miller’s play who

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