The character of John Procter in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible was a great example of a truly tragic hero. He measured up to every one of Aristotle’s requirements. He was not a perfect person because he had many faults and was not completely good or bad. Best of all‚ he knew that he was not perfect and he recognized and regretted the errors that he made throughout his life. Then‚ after the reader stays with Procter while he confessed all of his horrible sins for the whole town to hear‚ he had
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Wearing is to understand confession as a means of expression. A true confession leaves the individual completely vulnerable to whoever is privy to the news. Confession is raw. Confession is commonly linked to Christianity‚ as it is vital to the ideal of sinners being encouraged to admit their wrongdoings in hopes of forgiveness. Because society has largely grouped confession with sin‚ it has been assigned extremely negative connotations when in fact confession is pure. Confession can be a concerned
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Medeles 1 Josh Medeles Professor Musgrave History 130 11/21/14 Augustine Paper The Confessions is an autobiography of a spiritual character and it covers 35 years of St. Augustine’s life. It describes in detail his spiritual development and conversion to Christianity. This work is rather controversial and leaves many questionable thoughts on religion and philosophy after the reading. It is full of the religious debates over the topic of human pleasure. An attentive reader may face a question: did
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Predetermined Justice Witchcraft in early modern Europe was understood to be the combination of maleficium and diabolism. The term maleficium refers to the actual act of witchcraft‚ which was believed to be harmful magic or sorcery. Allegations of maleficium were simply the foundation for the crime of witchcraft. Diabolism is what made witchcraft a crime because it involved trading oneself for magical abilities from the Devil (xxv). With regard to religion during early modern Europe‚ it
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Old Cotter’s comments keep the boy awake‚ who is angry that old Cotter has called him a child‚ he thinks about Father Flynn‚ his paralyzed face and moist lips and he dreams of Father Flynn smiling and confessing something to him. moving as if in confession. The following day‚ he goes to the house where he used to visit Father Flynn bringing him‚ on occasion‚ snuffing tobacco from his aunt‚ High Toast snuff‚ and Father Flynn would teach him things‚ such as Latin pronunciation and the parts of the Mass
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would not hesitate. But‚ because it’s Abigail‚ John feels he has to think harder on making a decision. He doesn’t want his name spoiled by a counter-testimony. John feels he is now justified in becoming angry because for the seven months since his confession‚ he has done nothing but try to please his wife‚ and she still approaches him with suspicion and accusations. Proctor feels that she will "forget nothin’ and forgive nothin’." Elizabeth argues back that he then shouldn’t do anything to make her
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Fear stimulates a plethora characters within the play. A few of the characters within the play whose judgments are influenced by fear are John Proctor‚ Abigail Williams‚ and Mary Warren. Fear is a major driving force for the characters. It forces the characters to act upon emotions rather than logical thinking. Franklin Delano Roosevelt the 32nd President of the United States said “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” in his inauguration on March 4‚ 1933. John Proctor is a well-respected
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It’s here in a student’s journal‚ a blue confession in smudged‚ erasable ink: “I can’t stop hoping I’ll wake up‚ suddenly beautiful‚” and isn’t it strange how we want it‚ despite all we know? To be at last the girl in the photography‚ cobalt-eyed‚ hair puddling like cognac‚ or the one stretched at the ocean’s edge‚ curved and light-drenched‚ more like a beach than the beach. I confess I have longed to stalk runways‚ leggy‚ otherworldly as a mantis‚ to balance a head like a Fabergé
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guy. Butler gets interviewed by an intimidating police officer‚ Michael Glover‚ son of Sheriff of Jacksonville. Detective Glover took Butler deep into the woods allegedly to find the murder weapon but instead he hit him a couple of times to get a confession. Later‚ the case came into the hands of a lawyer‚ Patrick McGuinness. McGuinness investigated with another lawyer‚ Ann Finnell. On his meeting with his client‚ Butler confessed to him that he was innocent and was forced to confess murdering the
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The Confesion de los Moriscos is a surprisingly remarkable text. It was composed during the first years of the seventeenth century‚ around the time‚ 1609‚ when the Moriscos were expelled from Spain. It is found in one extant Manuscript copy‚ dating from the second decade of the century‚ in a volume of Quevedo’s works that once belonged to Salazar y Castro. Astrana believed that the manuscript is autograph‚ thus positively attributing the Confesion to Quevedo. Crosby‚ on his part‚ questioned the
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