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    “The Spiritual Doctor” A witch-hunt is an effort to expose ones disloyalty or dishonesty‚ usually using little‚ doubtful‚ or irrelevant support. In Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ Reverend Hale‚ a witch-hunter‚ transformed his entire perspective on the witchcraft trials in Salem. Although Hale is excited to help reveal the witches‚ he begins doubting the truthfulness of the court‚ and finally gives up on them. Reverend Hale is the best witch-hunter around and even that wasn’t enough to keep his perspective

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    Puritan society is a strict and brutal society that says one is predestined to be damned to hell or not‚ no arguments. This is portrayed in The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ which is a play reenacting the events of the infamous Salem Witch Trials. In the play there are many dynamic characters to be analyzed‚ one such being John Proctor. Since John Proctor is motivated by his love for his wife Elizabeth‚ his decision to tell the truth creates tension by the end of the play. John Proctor’s behavioral

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    In the play‚ Death of a Salesman‚ Arthur Miller uses several stylistic devices to add another layer of complexity to his work. These devices include several themes such as the American Dream and abandonment‚ symbols such as the stockings‚ and a modified stream of consciousness point of view. These literary devices combine together to add a deeper meaning to the play and because all of the symbols and themes are not as conspicuous‚ they provide insight into the protagonist Willy’s mind. Willy is a

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    In the movie The Count of Monte Cristo there are many themes that are parallel to events in the Bible. The three I’m going to focus on are betrayal‚ friendship‚ and vengeance. When the movie opens‚ Fernand and Edmond had been best friends for the entirety of their youth. Yet despite this‚ Fernand chooses to betray his friend to gain something he selfishly wanted. In the meantime‚ Edmond never committed the crime he was accused of‚ leading him to a false sentence in Chateau d’If prison. This is

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    In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible The character Tituba a slave from Barbados and property of Reverend Parris is a confident character‚ one which confides with the central character to reveal the central characters main and true thoughts and emotions come into light. In Act 1 of the Crucible‚ the corresponding conflict is centered on the accusations of witchcraft in the village of Salem and everyone having a say in the conflict itself and attempting to determine who was a witch. Tituba is one of

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    Is Reverend Hale from Beverley to be blamed for the deaths in Salem? Was he on the side of God when the witch-hunt trials started? Reverend Hale is the person whom people search for to confirm if the devil has taken over a person. When Hale enters this witch-hunt trail‚ he questions many‚ but did not seem to listen to the innocent’s true words and only pressures them into admitting that they side with the devil. However‚ when he notices that Abigail has been lying this whole time‚ his views change

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    Marwan Mansour ENG2D1 Mrs. Kenny Wednesday November 18‚ 2015 Courageous Characters in "To Kill A Mockingbird" Most of the characters in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"‚ written by Harper Lee‚ show the theme of courage in different ways. Courage is a difficult virtue for people to emulate in real life. Some believe that courage is when people have strong bodies and hearts. Others would say it is when people tell the truth directly instead of avoiding it. In this novel‚ Atticus Finch‚ Mrs. Dubose

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    John Proctor: A Man with Pride A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. The Crucible by Arthur Miller takes place in 1672 in Massachusetts. A girl‚ Abigail Williams‚ accuses several women of witchcraft‚ and other girls follow suit. Elizabeth Proctor‚ John Proctor’s wife‚ gets accused of witchcraft‚ and eventually John does too. He refuses to confess‚ and eventually is hanged. Miller wrote this book as an allusion to the communist

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    The Crucible: Elizabeth Proctor “Let them that never lied die now to keep their souls” (1353). This quote‚ spoken by John Proctor‚ in the Crucible represents what the Salem Witch Trials were about. The Crucible‚ written by Aurthur Miller‚ was a playwright based in the 1600’s of the Salem Witch Trials in Province‚ Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials were during the time of McCarthyism; McCarthyism suggested people were guilty without hard proof. Elizabeth Proctor was a character in the Crucible

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    The “Mob Wives” reunion almost turned into a fight when Drita D’Avanzo wanted to bust Karen Gravano’s jaw. “Mob Wives” has finally closed its doors to reality television. In usual showrunning fashion‚ fans were treated to a reunion segment where all the castmembers can air out their grievances and hopefully get some much needed peace. But what should have been a joyous reunion‚ turned out to be a confrontation. It appears the “Mob Wives” ladies felt that the audience needed one last confrontation

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