Amy Jacobson Mrs. Albinak Honor English 3 26 October 2015 Secret Destruction “Got a secret can you keep it? Swear this one you’ll save. Better lock it in your pocket‚ taking this one to the grave” (Secret by The Pierces). This musical composition makes the exigency of a secret prevalent to the outside eye. Keeping a secret changes someone’s personality‚ leading them to have self-doubt or guilt until that secret is out. After the secret is divulged‚ the character affected by the secret are
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In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ the author employs the use of an Overture to introduce his characters and as a transportation device of his theme. In doing so‚ he creates a parallel‚ that would appear to be uncanny and mysteriously specific if unintentional‚ between the Puritan society’s dreaded and rather disgusting witch trials‚ and the more recent issue that was relevant at the time The Crucible was written--the Red Scare and McCarthyism. He uses this parallel to his advantage in several instances
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Danforth’s stubborn demeanor controls most of his accusations and influences his decisions. He truly believes that the only way to prove there is witchcraft is if the victim accuses the assailant. However‚ there is a serious flaw in this method. Anyone can make an accusation and no one will be the wiser as to if they are lying. When Proctor comes into the court to give evidence of the girls lies‚ he accuses Danforth of not using evidence. Danforth tells Proctor if people are accused of being
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In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ Abigail and the girls participate in what seemed to be like harmless deception about their doings which turns into lies which even they could not get our of and in the end ended up hurting themselves. Abigail and the girls use deception to keep them safe from punishment. This is seen very clearly at the beginning after Abigail drank the blood or as the girls called it “a charm” to kill John Proctors wife. This plays into the girls when Abigail threatens with violence
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Jack London used several interesting craft moves in the “The Story of Keesh.” One craft move was descriptive words. Another was tone . Finally Jack London utilized long and short sentences to develop his theme that people are too quick to judge. Jack London made good use of descriptive words. One example of this is when he stated‚ “ ‘Na!Na!’ the men cried. ‘Put the child out!’ ‘Send him off to bed!’ ‘He is no man that he that he should talk to men and grey beards!’ ” This helps create the people
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Trial of Isabel Hussey Good Afternoon‚ judge‚ jury‚ and audience members. Today we are here to prove that Isabel Hussey has stolen the priceless painting “ A Lady Writing”. She may seem innocent‚ but appearances can be deceiving‚ her friendly smile‚ long ponytail‚ 6 earrings‚ and laid back look makes her seem innocent‚ but deep down she is a heartless monster. Her slung arm may make you feel sympathy for her‚ but that was because she broke it trying to retrieve the painting from where she
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The comparisons and contrasts between young Elizabeth and Abigail help to show how different they really are. Positive traits can be found in both young women‚ though more can be found in the former rather than the latter. Such as in all human beings‚ negative traits in the two are found throughout the story‚ whether hinted at or brought out into the open for all to see. As we being to list off some of their many traits and habits maybe you’ll begin to take bias to one of the characters‚ upon seeing
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“I’m crazy!” Joan Crawford first says this in a scene where she is arguing with Greg Savitt about how he supposedly put Mr. Mayor above Joan. She yells at him for being a lousy gentleman to her and insults him and his career. Greg then goes up to her and beings to shake her and asks if she is crazy‚ pleading for her to tell him she is crazy. This scene gives an example of one of Joan’s psychological disorders‚ borderline disorder‚ because of her instability in moods that takes place in the movie
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The Crucible The 1996 film version of “The Crucible”‚ portrays the infamous Salem witch trials that took place in Massachusetts during the 1600’s. Author Arthur Miller portrays many events and characthers true to that of what happened in salem in 1692. However‚ many of the historical events are concentrated around the movies non-fictional relationship that Abigail Williams and John Proctor have. The movie is have many inaccurate elements that are not true to what really happened.The fictional
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The Arise of Witchcraft in The Crucible In Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ the story is set in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ during the time that the Salem Witch Trials were beginning. The society was paranoid because the concept of witchcraft scared them and‚ even more than scared them‚ enraged them. Due to how paranoid the people were‚ the leaders began implementing new rules/laws that would prevent witchcraft from happening. In the play‚ by the end of Act 1‚ the girls dancing in the woods (and dabbling
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